Online Desk: Posters have emerged across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) appealing to the people to observe August 5 (Monday) as Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir and Black Day.
According to Kashmir Media Service, on August 5, 2019, the BJP-led Hindutva government of India illegally revoked Articles 370 and 35A, which granted special status to the internationally recognized disputed territory. This decision was enforced following a brutal military and police siege, during which all communications, including internet and mobile phone services, were suspended for over 500 days across the Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh regions of IIOJK.
The appeal to observe August 5 as Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir and Black Day has been endorsed by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and nearly all other Kashmiri Hurriyet organizations. Statements and posters disseminated in Srinagar and other parts of the occupied territory emphasize this call.
Meanwhile, the BJP-led Indian government has dismissed six more Kashmiri employees in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
According to Kashmir Media Service, those terminated include five policemen and a teacher. They have been identified as head constable Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, constable Khalid Hussian Shah, constable Rehmat Shah, constable Irshad Ahmad Chalkoo, constable Saif Din, and government teacher Nazim Din.
The New Delhi-appointed administration in IIOJK dismissed these employees on the grounds of alleged ties to the freedom movement, a tactic frequently employed to target Muslim staff in the occupied territory.
