For more than six decades, Balochistan has been under Pakistani military occupation. Although all five major nationalist rebellions have been suppressed by Islamabad, this has not extinguished the desire of the Baloch people to determine their own future. On the contrary. Pakistan’s ruthless brutality has increased support for outright independence. This has prompted even greater Pakistani repression. In the last two years, the extra-judicial killing of Baloch activists has intensified, despite public claims by the Pakistani government and security forces that they have been curtailed. Indeed, a new death squad has emerged, Tehreek-e-Nefaz-e-Aman Balochistan (TNAB); apparently with the collision of Pakistan’s intelligence and military agencies. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in January this year alone the bullet-riddled bodies of 23 nationalist sympathisers were discovered in Balochistan, with six of these killings being claimed by TNAB. http://www.thesamosa.co.uk/2012/04/16/balochistan-time-for-a-ceasefire-and-political-settlement/
Baloch Human Rights Council is a non profit charitable organisation solely dedicated to highlight human rights abuses in Balochistan
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
BALOCHISTAN: TIME FOR A CEASEFIRE AND POLITICAL SETTLEMENT
For more than six decades, Balochistan has been under Pakistani military occupation. Although all five major nationalist rebellions have been suppressed by Islamabad, this has not extinguished the desire of the Baloch people to determine their own future. On the contrary. Pakistan’s ruthless brutality has increased support for outright independence. This has prompted even greater Pakistani repression. In the last two years, the extra-judicial killing of Baloch activists has intensified, despite public claims by the Pakistani government and security forces that they have been curtailed. Indeed, a new death squad has emerged, Tehreek-e-Nefaz-e-Aman Balochistan (TNAB); apparently with the collision of Pakistan’s intelligence and military agencies. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in January this year alone the bullet-riddled bodies of 23 nationalist sympathisers were discovered in Balochistan, with six of these killings being claimed by TNAB. http://www.thesamosa.co.uk/2012/04/16/balochistan-time-for-a-ceasefire-and-political-settlement/
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