• Homage to over five lakh martyrs in IIOJK since 1947

Srinagar: Posters have surfaced in various areas of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, calling on people to observe a complete shutdown on February 11 to mark the martyrdom anniversary of prominent Kashmiri leader Muhammad Maqbool Butt.

According to Beyond the Time News, Muhammad Maqbool Butt, a leading figure of the Kashmiri liberation movement, was hanged by India in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 11, 1984. Later, on February 9, 2013, Muhammad Afzal Guru was also executed in the same jail. The bodies of both leaders were buried within the jail premises.

The posters, displayed across different parts of the territory and bearing images of martyrs Muhammad Maqbool Butt and Muhammad Afzal Guru, state that the struggle of Kashmiri martyrs against India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir will continue.

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The posters also paid homage to over five lakh martyrs since 1947, emphasizing their sacrifices for the sacred cause of plebiscite under the United Nations resolutions on self-determination.

They appealed to international human rights organizations to address the plight of Kashmiri prisoners, including Kashmir’s longest-serving detainees such as Massarat Alam Butt, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, and Dr. Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, who have completed over three decades of incarceration for their just demands.

The posters stated that the people of Kashmir will foil the nefarious designs of India and Hindutva forces against the region, and urged Kashmiris to avoid selling their land to non-Kashmiris, warning that India aims to erode the Muslim identity of the territory.