Quetta: Baloch Women Panel, BNF and Marri Itehad has announced to protest against illegal arrests, torture and the military operation in Balochistan on ‘26 June 2009’ the international day against torture. The aim of the protest on the International day against torture is meant to bring the plight of the Baloch nation into the attention of international community and International Human Rights organisations. It is also meant to remind the UN about their responsibilities that they have dedicated a day to torture victims, yet the torture against innocent people goes unnoticed. “United Nations has designated 26thJune as the International Day against Torture to emphasize the importance of the right to personal dignity and security of all individuals around the world, guaranteed within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.

Thousands of Baloch are missing and being tortured by the Pakistani intelligence agencies but the UN has completely ignored the sufferings of Baloch nation. Pakistan and Iran are committing gross violations of human rights, they are at forefront torturing, executing, and murdering innocent people in Balochistan, yet the atrocities against Baloch people have been ignored by the UN and other International Human Rights Organisations.

Baloch victims of Pakistani’s military intelligence have time and again narrated the horrible stories of torture and suffering at the hand of Pakistani authorities. The stories of torture, the picture and videos of torture victims have been published on Baloch websites and on the internet but their hues and cries went in vain as no one from the international champions of human rights bothered to help them. Baloch representative in UN Mr. Mehran Baluch have been going to UN to highlight the plight of the Baloch people since 2001 but sadly there has been no action from the UN side.

Torture and abductions in Balochistan by the Pakistani intelligence agencies have become the daily routine and there is no such household in Balochistan whose loved ones have not been abducted and tortured by the Pakistani authorities.

BWP (Baloch Women Panel) has appealed to the Baloch nation and other oppressed nationalities and freeborn people to come and join them on 26 June to protest against the torture and mistreatment of the innocent people by the Pakistani and Iranian authorities.