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اتوار، 15 اگست، 2010

India Independence Day as “black day”

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Indian Independence Day, today, as Black Day to convey to the world that the people of Kashmir continue to be deprived of their birth right to self-determination.

All Indian Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has appealed all religious minorities in India to stand in solidarity with the victims of November 1984 Sikh Genocide by joining in boycotting the August 15 Independence Day Celebrations and observe it as  ”black day”. AISSF’s call for observing Independence Day as “black day” is in reaction to the Supreme Court’s outrageous decision of staying the prosecution of Congress (I) leader Sajjan Kumar. According to Karnail Singh Peermohammad, President AISSF, Congress (I) and Indian Government has shielded Sajjan Kumar for 25 years and now when he was finally being prosecuted, Supreme Court of India has come to Sajjan Kumar’s aide.

Karnail Singh Peermohammad stated that India is motherland of Sikhs where their Gurus laid lives for principals of humanity and Sikhs sacrificed more than any other community for the independence of India. On August 15, 1947 India won its freedom from British with the help of Sikhs but unfortunately, in Independent India, Sikhs are made slaves of a system that kills and suppresses the Sikhs and continuously denies them justice.
Peermohammad asked the Sikh community and other religious minorities to commemorate August 15 as a “black day” by raising black flags as a protest against systematic denial of justice to victims of November 1984 Sikh Genocide.
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) sent out an e-mail to local media calling for the boycott and a 15-hour general strike on August 15.
These groups are active in Assam, Manipur and Tripura. As part of their boycott call August 15, the militant groups have called for a general strike from 1.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. on Sunday.
Militant groups in the northeast have for years boycotted national events to protest New Delhi's rule over the region.
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