In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, occupation troops in their unabated acts of state terrorism martyred twenty Kashmiris during the last month.

According to a report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, today, the victims include six youth martyred in fake encounters or in custody.

The troops continued their reign of terror, arresting 216 civilians, mostly Hurriyat leaders, activists, and lawyers, under black laws.

Meanwhile, Hurriyat leaders have again appealed the Kashmiri people to observe August 5 as "Youm e Istehsal" to mark the fifth anniversary of India's decision to abrogate Article 370, which had granted special status to occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The leaders termed the move a "humiliating assault" on Kashmiris' identity and territorial integrity, aimed at changing the territory's demography and depriving its people of their resources, jobs, identity, and right to self-determination.

The leaders condemned the Indian government's settler-colonialism policies, including the enactment of anti-Kashmiri laws, and urged the international community to take effective notice of India's illegal actions in occupied Kashmir.

According to fresh reports from US and Canadian media, Canadian authorities have foiled a plot to assassinate a Sikh activist, arresting five men on firearms charges in Brampton, Ontario, just a day before a prominent Sikh independence movement member's son's wedding.