Kashmiris’ Indigenous Struggle A Legitimate Quest For Freedom: Hurriyat Leaders

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 20, 2025 | 10:20 AM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jul, 2025) Hurriyat leaders in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) Sunday reaffirmed that the ongoing freedom movement in the territory is a wholly indigenous struggle, rooted in the collective will and historical aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the leaders in their statements issued in Srinagar emphasized that the

people of Kashmir are waging a just and legitimate struggle to exercise their UN-recognized right to

self-determination.

They said the resistance in Kashmir is not imported, but born of the soil, echoing decades of Kashmiri yearning for freedom from Indian occupation.

Dismissing New Delhi’s repeated claims of external involvement, the Hurriyat leaders pointed out that daily sacrifices by Kashmiri youth and civilians shatter the myth of a “foreign hand.”

They stressed that the participation of the young generation in peaceful protests, political activities, and resistance underlines the indigenous and homegrown nature of the movement.

The leaders asserted that India’s propaganda campaign to malign the Kashmiri struggle by branding it as terrorism or externally sponsored is aimed at discrediting a lawful resistance against military occupation.

They said India cannot mislead the international community through fabricated narratives.

They reminded New Delhi that international law grants oppressed peoples the right to resist occupation, including through armed struggle, and that seeking self-determination is a right not a crime.

“The Modi regime will ultimately fail in its bid to delegitimize the Kashmiri movement. The Kashmiri resistance is unstoppable and destined to succeed,” the Hurriyat leaders declared.