Secretary- General
United Nations Organization
United Nations Secretariat New York,
NY 10017-3515
Dated: 06/02/14
Subject: Discovery of mass
graves in Balochistan
Dear Secretary
General,
We would like to
draw your kind attention towards the discovery of mass graves in Khuzdar
district of Balochistan (Pakistan). These graves were accidentally discovered in
the Tootak village of Central Balochistan on 25 January 2014.
Dear Sir,
It should kindly
be noted that the Baloch nationalist parties and international human rights
organizations -many of them are affiliated with the United Nation- had been
expressing their concern over the gross violation of human rights by Pakistani
security agencies in Balochistan for more than a decade. Thousands of the
Baloch social and political activists were kidnapped by the security agencies
or the para-military “death squads” since the beginning of the conflict between
the Baloch and the Pakistani state in 2002. In order to crush the Baloch
national struggle for freedom & the right of self-determination, the state security
agencies have been picking students, doctors, engineers, tribal elites, social
activists and leaders of political parties and after inhuman torture their
mutilated bodies were dumped in remote areas of the Balochistan and some bodies
of the Baloch activists were also recovered from Karachi in Sindh province of
Pakistan. The recent discovery of mutilated bodies in such a large scale is the
latest manifestation of the inhuman and barbaric nature of the ongoing military
operation in Balochistan. According to Asian Human Right Commission, it is feared
that more mass graves will be found in the coming days. However, the Pakistan
Army, in order to hide its crimes, is not allowing any civilian or media
outlets to visit the area.
Dear Secretary
General,
The Baloch are
facing the cruellest state oppression in the contemporary history. Cultural,
social, historical, economic and political marginalization by the religious
fanatical state is the hallmark of the subjugation of the Baloch in Pakistan.
Dear Sir,
As the discovery
of mass graves of the Baloch nationalist activists is the worst barbaric act in
the 21st century so far, we would genuine be justified for demanding for
sending a fact finding mission in Balochistan on urgent basis. We will be
grateful if the UN could establish an international commission to investigate
the heinous crimes against humanity being committed by Pakistan in Balochistan.
The UN and
international community must not watch silently the violation of human rights
and annihilation of an entire people by the Pakistani state. The silence of the
UN and international community cannot be justified in the name of the principle
of state sovereignty. We believed that this act of medieval mind-set should not
go with impunity in a world of 21st century. The Baloch Human Rights Council
(UK) therefore requests your immediate intervention. We request that this
petition be taken as an urgent humanitarian appeal. Your immediate intervention
could save not only countless innocent lives but could also prevent the present
situation in Balochistan from developing
into a total genocide of the Baloch people.
Yours sincerely
General Secretary
Baloch Human Rights Council (UK)
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