BALOCHWARNA

International Voice for Baluch Missing Persons (U.K section) to protest against enforced-disappearances

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:30:00 +1700

When: Sunday 5 September between 12 to 5pm
Where: In front of 10 Downing Street (The British PM’s House)
Nearest Tube Station: Westminster Tube Station

London:As Pakistan army launched its fifth military incursion in Eastern Baluchistan, the Baluch masses, appalled by military’s excessive use of force against civilians, voiced their anger unanimously against the state. As a result, the army further intensified its terror campaign across the Baluchistan – killing scores of innocent men, women and children and arresting thousands of political workers on trumped-up charges, while, driving around a quarter of a million people out of their towns and villages.

FLOOD SITUATION IN BALOCHISTAN "A TRAGEDY WITHIN THE TRAGEDY"

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +1700

Date: 02 Sep 2010

(New York / Geneva / Islamabad: 02 September 2010): The United Nations and its partners are increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation in flood-torn Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan, and are working to step up their activities there.

"We all have a tendency to follow the course of the River Indus, and Balochistan risks being neglected", said Mengesha Kebede, Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan, "But we won't let this happen, and are scaling up our response". The River Indus — which has been the main carrier of the floods — does not flow through the province, but water from it and from its tributaries has ravaged 11 of its districts.

US to open consulate in Balochistan, says Patterson

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +1700

QUETTA: US Ambassador in Pakistan, Anne W Patterson has said that an American consulate will be set up in Quetta to oversee the development activities carried out by the Americans in Balochistan.

“The consulate will be set up to monitor the development activities being carried out by the US in Balochistan. It will also ensure a close liaison between the Baloch people and the US, and would provide visa facility to the people of Balochistan,” she said, while refuting the allegation that the consulate was intended to monitor activities in Iran and Afghanistan at a press conference here on Wednesday.

Balochistan: Amnesty official - Violations Belong Alongside Those In Iraq, Afghanistan And Gaza

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +1700

Human rights violations by Pakistan remain some of the world’s worst and are the ‘least reported’ says official.

There is no way to measure which is the worst when it comes to human rights violations: Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan or Balochistan.

Curt Goering, who is senior deputy executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), and currently works at the organization’s national section headquarters in New York City, said this at an Iftar gathering organized by the Amnesty International at its Washington DC headquarters Tuesday.

Baloch observe International Day of the Disappeared as 1000s still missing

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +1700

WASHINGTON, DC: The International Day of the Disappeared Monday was marked by the Baloch Diaspora in a somber mood as the fate of more than 1,100 documented victims of enforced disappearances is still unknown in Balochistan in southwest Asia.

The United nations has declared August 30 as the International Day of the Disappeared to draw attention to the fate of thousands of victims of enforced disappearances in the world.

Poem and personal testimony: When will the Balochs stop being victims of the Pakistani paramilitary forces?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:50:00 +1700

By Khalid Hayat Jamaldin

Torture and kidnap of Balochs in Balochistan by the Pakistani law enforcement, especially the paramilitary forces, has become very common practice since the last few years. They kidnap us, arrest us on false charges, torture us, brutally murder us and then throw us away. Many of us are still missing. The reasons behind these incidents are because we are Baloch by ethnic and we are continuously demanding for our rights and identity. This mistreatment happens to Baloch at all level; rich and poor educated and uneducated.

Nawab Bugti Remembered by the Baloch and Sindhis in the UK

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +1700

Press Release

A remembrance meeting in London paid high tribute to Nawab Akber Bugti on his 4th martyrdom anniversary. The function was organized by the Baloch Human Rights Council (UK) and World Sindhi Congress in the LondonUniversity Union Building on Sunday 29th August 2010. The meeting was presided over by the Baloch intellectual & writer and the Coordinator of Sindhi Baloch forum Dr. Naseer Dashti and was attended by a large number of Baloch, Sindhis and other human rights activists in the UK. Samad Baloch General Secretary BHRC (UK) conducted the proceedings of the meeting.

Three rockets fired in Quetta, attacks on Pakistan security forces elsewhere in Balochistan

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +1700

Occupied Balochistan: Three people sustained injuries and two houses partially damaged as three rockets fired from Hina Mountains landed at two separate localities of Jinnah Colony on late Thursday night. Police said that two rockets fired from Hina Mountains of Quetta by unidentified people hit a house in Jinnah colony partially damaging the roof.

Pakistan Govt harassing motorcyclists in Balochistan

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +1700

Occupied Balochistan: The Balochistan government and security agencies are reportedly harassing motorcyclists in the insurgency-hit province, which has caused a sense of insecurity amongst the citizens.

For the past couple of days, police and other law enforcement agencies had made it a common practice to detain motorcyclists for hours without asking them to show the documents of their vehicles. The citizens’ time was being wasted as nearly all motorists had been stopped at many intersections of Quetta. The Balochistan government and the law enforcement agencies had failed to explain their action of stopping the motorcyclists at every intersection while the citizens had also failed to sort out this strange behaviour of the law enforcement agencies. No government spokesman or official was available to answer this recent move of the government despite the fact that common citizens and motorcyclists had nothing to with the functioning of the government and its subordinate agencies.

Slow but steady genocide of Baluch continues: Bullet-riddled body found in Khuzdar

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +1700

Occupied Baluchistan: A bullet-riddled body was found in Khuzdar on Thursday, some 350 kilometres from Quetta. According to sources, the body was found from Bagh Bana area of Khuzdar and was brought to hospital for autopsy. The deceased has been identified as Tahir Muhammad. Sources said that unidentified people had kidnapped Tahir Muhammad from Koshak area of Khuzdar a few days ago. Marks on Tahir’s body indicate he was severely tortured before his death.