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02.02.2012
PAKISTAN: The people of Balochistan have to bury the mutilated bodies of their loved ones almost every day of the week
January 31, 2012
56 more bullet riddled bodies of disappeared persons were found in Balochistan during the last six monthsThe disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch activists continue despite claims from the government and security forces that extrajudicial killings have been stopped. The writ of the state is at its minimal and all the responsibilities of maintaining law and order have been left with security forces and banned militant groups. A new civilian organization with the name of Tehreek-e-Nefaz-e-Aman Balochistan (TNAB) was allegedly established by the state intelligence agencies which claim the killings of political workers and students in the name of maintaining peac... details >>
14.10.2011
Pakistan: To-date 206 disappeared persons have been extra judicially killed in Balochistan during the past 15 months
The situation of Balochistan is no different to that of the former East Pakistan (Bangladesh) when the military carried out operations and killed more than 300,000 people in the guise of protecting ideological boundaries. The government does not consider extrajudicial killings anything out of the ordinary and one of the reasons for this is that they have lost all control over the military, Para-Military forces and state intelligence agencies that control the province. These military forces brook no interference into their affairs and use 'national security' and the protection of ideological boundaries to justify the killings and disappearances of innocent persons, particularly students.... details >>
29.07.2011
Security forces behind enforced disappearances in Balochistan: HRW
“We Can Torture, Kill, or
Keep You for Years”
Enforced Disappearances by Pakistan
Security Forces in Balochistan
NEW YORK: The Pakistan government should immediately end widespread disappearances of suspected militants and activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Balochistan, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Several of those “disappeared” were among the dozens of people extrajudicially executed in recent months in the resource-rich and violence-wracked province.The 132-page report, “We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years’: Enforced Disappearances by Pakistan Security Forces in Balochistan,” documents dozens of enfo... details >>
14.07.2011
HRW calls for end to killing of Baloch activists
NEY YORK: Pakistan’s government should immediately act to end the epidemic of killings of suspected Baloch militants and opposition activists by the military, intelligence agencies, and the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in the southwestern province of Balochistan, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Across Balochistan, since January 2011, at least 150 people have been abducted and killed and their bodies abandoned – acts widely referred to as “kill and dump” operations, in which Pakistani security forces engaged in counterinsurgency operations may be responsible. Assailants have also carried out targeted killings of opposition leaders and activists. Human Rights Watch has extensively do... details >>
25.05.2011
PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial killings ongoing with impunity, notably in Balochistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2011 ALRC-CWS-17-04-2011
Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventeenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SR on Extra-judicial killings
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status
PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial killings ongoing with impunity, notably in Balochistan
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the Human Rights Council grave concerns related to the numerous allegations of extra-judicial killings that it has received in the last 12 months, notably from the province of Balochistan in Pakistan.... details >>
11.04.2011
2010 Human Rights Report: Pakistan
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
April 8, 2011
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
There were no developments in the April 2009 killings of Baloch National Movement (BNM) President Ghulam Muhammad Baloch and Baloch Republic Party (BRP) members Sher Muhammad Baloch and Lala Munir Baloch in Turbat, Balochistan. They were abducted by men in civilian clothing from their lawyer's office on the same day that the antiterrorism court cleared them of charges of causing unrest. They were reportedly taken away in Frontier Corps vehicles. They were later found dead on April 8.
On August 23, in Uthal, Balochistan, assailants abducted and killed Centr... details >>
21.12.2010
Iran hangs 11 innocent Baloch activists
* Shia calls Shia to kill and arrest Sunni Muslim Baloch (Ahmadinejad telephones Zardari)
TEHRAN: Iran has hanged 11 people linked to a Sunni rebel group that killed 39 people in a mosque bombing, the Iranian Justice Ministry said on Monday.Iran says the rebels of Jundullah, who say they are fighting for the rights of the ethnic Baloch people, find shelter across Iran’s southeastern border with Pakistan. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, urging Pakistan to arrest “identified terrorists” and hand them over to Iran, the state television reported.The Justice Ministry said those executed... details >>
10.11.2010
An Open Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Also from Amnesty International | Oct 26, 2010 | Pakistan urged to investigate murder and torture of Baloch activists
By Akhtar Jan Mengal
His Excellency Ban Ki-moonSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations
Subject: Urgent Action: Pakistan, Balochistan; Crimes Against Humanity
Dear Secretary-General,
First of all I would like to thank and congratulate you for your tireless and sincere efforts for addressing pressing human rights and humanitarian challenges globally. I on behalf of people of Balochistan, a Texas-sized region straddling Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, would like to bring in to your kind attention the crimes against humanity committed by the Pakistani authorities, and encourage ... details >>
04.05.2010
Iranian Islamic civilisation in pictures, upsetting image
ایش انت «فرهنگ و تمدن » رژیم جنایتکار آخوندی
ایش انت «فرهنگ و تمدن » رژیم جنایتکار آخوندی
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10.04.2010
Iran executions send a chilling message
30 March 2010
Recent developments in Iran have prompted fears that the Iranian authorities are once more using executions as a tool to try and quell political unrest, intimidate the population and send a signal that dissent will not be tolerated.There was a noticeable surge in the rate of executions at the time of mass protests over last year's disputed Presidential elections. Although many of the executions were for criminal offences committed before the unrest, they sent a chilling message to those involved in protests. One hundred and twelve people were put to death in the eight weeks between the June election and the re-inauguration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in early August- al... details >>
01.04.2010
Pakistan: Disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention; torture; fabricated charges
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-036-2010 31 March 2010 ------------------------------------------------------ PAKISTAN: The Frontier Corp bring a disappeared person in front of the media after nine months under fabricated circumstances ISSUES: Disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention; torture; fabricated charges ------------------------------------------------------ Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a man who went missing nine months ago near Karachi has resurfaced this month in the custody of the Frontier Corp (FC). The man's family were prevented from filing a report by police when he was abd... details >>
01.03.2010
Appeal: Stop Systematic Violation Of Basic Human Rights Of Baloch Prisoners In Iran
The minister also said that they were expecting massive confessions by Rigi which clearly indicates that the minister had already planned barbaric tortures and forced confessions and TV shows on the state-run TV and media. These forced confessions are then used in the court against the prisoner to convict them. According to some news agencies Mr. Rigi has already made some confessions on TV.
Appeal: stop systematic violation of basic human rights of Baloch prisoners in Iran
The unexpected victory of Mr Ahamadinejad in the controversial presidential election in Iran led to massive and popular protests and demonstrations. The response of the government was crackdown and massive arrests of... details >>
25.01.2010
Balochistan: The Plight of Disappeared in Balochistan
Monday, 25 January 2010
The cycle of enforced disappearance in Balochistan started several years ago. No practical measure to fight this has been taken by the government except some shallow statements.
Below is an article published by Zaib Khan: “My brother was picked up by the state intelligence agencies when he was returning home from office,” recalled Hani Baloch, the sister of a missing Baloch person, as she broke into tears while saying this. Baloch Women’s Panel (BWP) has been observing a hunger strike camp in front of Quetta Press Club for the past many years for the recovery of several missing persons. The participants of this camp are predominantly the o... details >>
19.01.2010
Balochistan: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Human Rights groups call for recovery of missing and unlawfully detained people.
Below is an article published by Dawn:Even more political workers have been picked up in recent days, says VBMP chairman Nasrullah Baloch. And while the province’s home ministry has issued a list of 992 missing, several Baloch political and human rights groups have declared the list a “ploy to deceive the people.”The confusion regarding the number of missing is surprising, given that there are a number of political and human rights groups involved in collecting information on the missing from different parts of the province. VBMP, for example, is also working with the Marri Ittehad, ... details >>
04.11.2009
AHRC: Balochistan Situation Heating Up
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 10:03 amPress Release: Asian Human Rights Commission
November 3, 2009
A Statement from Awami Jamhoori Ittehad and Insani Huqooq Ittehad forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission
A situation akin to 1971 is brewing in Balochistan. Radical nationalists advocating a separate state of Balochistan are steadily gaining popularity at the expense of those who continue to look for a solution within the federal framework.
The reasons for this surge in separatism are quite apparent. The people of Balochistan have a long list of grievances, and next to none have been addressed over the last 60 years. Instead of negotiations and redressing the wrongs, succes... details >>
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