The leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference have paid rich tributes to the martyrs of Bijbehara massacre on their 30th martyrdom anniversary that was observed today.

Over 50 innocent Kashmiris were martyred in the Bijbehara area of Islamabad district on October 22, 1993, when the personnel of Indian Border Security Force opened indiscriminate fire on the peaceful demonstrators, protesting against the Indian military siege of Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.

The APHC leaders, including Ghulam Muhammad Khan Sopori, Syed Bashir Andrabi, Khawaja Firdous, Abdul Ahad Parra, Saleem Zargar, Yasmeen Raja, Zamrooda Habib, and other  in their separate statements in Srinagar said the day is not far away when the Kashmiris will get freedom and political justice as a result of the sacrifices of the Kashmiri martyrs.

Illegally detained senior APHC leader Nayeem Ahmed Khan in his message from New Delhi’s Tihar jail urged UN Secretary General, António Guterres to take notice of human rights violations by Indian troops in occupied territory. 

He said India’s continuous denial to self-determination of the people of Kashmir has only brought death and destruction to the region.

Meanwhile, large number of Sikh community members held a protest demonstration outside the Indian Embassy in the United States. The Sikh protesters called on Washington DC to openly support the creation of an independent state of Khalistan.

The protesters raised slogans in favour of Khalistan and against India.