ISLAMABAD: The level of censorship has reached a new high in occupied Jammu and Kashmir after India revoked its special status in August 2019 and the Modi regime has employed a range of intimidating tactics to ensure no reporting critical of its actions comes out of the territory.
A report released by Kashmir Media Service, said journalists, rights activists, and even ordinary netizens in IIOJK are arrested for merely expressing their opinions on social media.
It said ordinary citizens’ Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram accounts are being persistently censored to ensure there is no voice contrary to the government’s claims. Kashmiris’ cell phones are being taped and every individual’s activities are being monitored by Indian agencies, it added.
The report deplored that IIOJK’s mainstream media is not allowed to report facts on the ground and legitimate political voices of the people of occupied Kashmir are being silenced under the guise of “national security”.
It said the new censorship regime in the territory is meant to bring the Kashmiris to their knees and make them acquiesce to Indian policies but India must remember it cannot obfuscate what is happening in Kashmir by imposing strict censorship.
Meanwhile, The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and parties have said that iconic leader Syed Ali Gilani’s stance on Kashmir dispute was the symbol of Kashmiris’ resistance struggle.
According to Kashmir media service, APHC leader, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Yasmeen Raja, Maulana Musaib Nadvi, Imtiyaz Rishi, Muhammad Hazeefa and Abdul Samad Inqilabi in their separate statements in Srinagar said that on the second martyrdom anniversary of Syed Ali Gilani on September 1, Kashmiris will march towards his graveyard in Hyderpora, Srinagar, to pay tribute to the great leader.
They said that the people of Kashmir would also renew their pledge that the mission of the veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani and other martyrs of Kashmir freedom movement will be accomplished at any cost.
They appealed to the people to demonstrate unity and the best way to pay tribute to the martyrs is to carry forward their mission.
Meanwhile, APHC AJK chapter leaders Altaf Hussain Wani, Mushtaq Ahmed Butt, Altaf Ahmed Butt, Syed Aijaz Rehmani and others in Islamabad paid glowing tributes to Syed Ali Gilani and said that his struggle and sacrifices would always be remembered in history.
They urged the Kashmiris, living in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and abroad to hold protest rallies and demonstrations on the martyrdom anniversary of Syed Ali Gilani and draw the attention of the international community towards the plight of enslaved and besieged Kashmiri people.
