SRINAGAR: When most parts of the world are observing Mother’s Day, today, thousands of Kashmiri
women continue to wait for the return of their sons killed in fake encounters or subjected to disappearance in custody by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir over the past 28 years.
A report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on Mother’s Day, today, said that t
he continued Indian state terrorism had resulted in the killing of ov
er 90,000 Kashmiris including children since 1989.
It pointed out that the troops had subjected over 8,000 Kashmiris to custodial disappearance during the period and the
mothers of majority of these disappeared people had been waiting for th
eir return.
Second Sunday of May is celebrated as Mother’s Day since 1914 as a result of continued efforts by Anna Jarvis, daughter of Ann Reeves Jarvis, a peace activist in, West Virginia, the United States, for her
mother’s contributions towards the society.
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