Indian forces martyred 355 Kashmiris in 2021

APHC representatives hold demonstration outside Indian High Commission to protest Indian atrocities

ISLAMABAD:

Indian forces killed 355 people, injured 484, arrested 1,686 and burnt 135 properties to ashes in occupied, besides conducting 467 search operations in Kashmir during the year 2021.

According to All Parties Hurriyet Conference’s (APHC) report on Indian atrocities during the past year, documenting the situation of Kashmiris in the occupied territory.

APHC representatives also held a protest outside the Indian High Commission against their atrocities and chanted anti-India slogans, while calling on the international community to intervene.

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The protesters said that another year was coming to an end, but Indian atrocities could not be stopped. They said that the Indian forces started massacre of Kashmiris after August 2019, turning the Muslim-majority population into a minority, adding that domiciles were being issued for the same purpose as well.

It is pertinent to mention here that so far, 4.5 million non-indigenous people have been issued Kashmiri domiciles.

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The protesters said that in the past 48 hours, nine Kashmiris were martyred in fake encounters.

They also demanded that the Kashmir dispute be resolved immediately in accordance with United Nations (UN) resolutions, and demanded the government of Pakistan convene a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the current situation in Kashmir.