Press Release
On the
2nd August 2015, the Baloch and Sindhi communities in the UK
gathered in front of UK Prime Minister’s 10 Downing Street residence in London to
protest against the ruthless military operation in Balochistan, particularly the
current operation in Awaeran and brutal murder of Sindhi nationalist leader
Raja Dahir Bhambro. The protest rally
was organized by World Sindhi Congress (WSC) in collaboration with Baloch Human
Rights Council (UK), Baloch Students and Youth Association and Baloch
Republican Party. A large number of Sindhis, Balochs and representatives of
other human rights organisations participated in the protest rally which was addressed by Abdullah Baloch of Balochistan
National Movement, Mr Graham Williamson of Nations Without States, Mansoor
Baloch of Baloch Republican Party, Mir Ghulam Hussain of Baloch Human Rights
Council (UK), Noordin Mengal, the Baloch Human Rights Campaigner and Dr Hidayat
Bhutto and Dr Lakhu Luhana of World Sindhi Congress.
The rally chanted slogans against the killing
of the Baloch and Sindhi people by Pakistan army. The speakers strongly condemned the ruthless
and inhumane military operation in Awaran, Balochistan against civilian people
in which hundreds of innocent lives have been lost. The speakers also strongly
condemned the brutal murder of Sindhi nationalist leader Raja Dahir Bhambro.
The speakers requested that the international
community raise their efforts and put more pressure on the Pakistani government
to stop the military operation in Balochistan and disappearances and
extrajudicial killings of Sindhi and Baloch people.
At the end of the rally, a delegation
comprising of Dr Hidayat Bhutto, Noordin Mengal, Samad Baloch, Ali Memon, Gul
Sanai and Dr Lakhu Luhana went to 10 Downing Street to submit the memorandum to Rt. Honourable David Cameron, the British
Prime Minster, requesting his help to press on the Pakistani government to stop
atrocities against Baloch and Sindhi people. The letter also requested that
British aid to Pakistan should be conditioned with strictly observance of human
rights. It was also requested that an
international commission should be constituted in order to investigate the
crimes against humanity being perpetrated by Pakistan in Balochistan and Sindh.
02 August 2015
Rt. Honourable David Cameron
Prime Minister to Her Majesty’s Government
10 Downing Street
London
Dear Honourable Prime Minster,
Subject: Genocide in Balochistan by
Pakistani Army
We would like to draw your kind attention towards the
gruesome violations of human rights by the Pakistani armed forces and
intelligence agencies in Balochistan during recent months.
Although, violation of human
rights is part of the ruthless war, which the Pakistani military has been
waging in Balochistan for the last many years, recent killings of civilians and
blockage of a whole area in Awaran region of Balochistan has surpassed all
previous brutalities. During the month of June and July hundreds of innocent
men, women, and children have been mercilessly killed by aerial bombardments,
hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and several hundred are missing.
Excellency,
Crude military power has been the
only way adopted by almost every Pakistani Government in dealing with the
Baloch discontent. The Pakistani army, perceiving the Baloch nationalism as a
grave threat to the state, launched major military offensives in Balochistan
during 1948, 1958, 1962, and 1973. The ongoing military campaign is the
bloodiest one causing internal dislocation of thousands of the Baloch.
Violation of basic human rights of the Baloch is the most painful aspect of the
Baloch-Pakistan conflict. Extra judicial killings, harassment, kidnapping and
inhuman torture of the Baloch leaders, political activists and intellectuals are
the normal state responses to the Baloch political mobilization and expression
of Baloch national aspirations. The Pakistani military establishment has
created numerous religious terrorist organizations as proxy death squads
comprised of drug peddlers, dacoits, and social outcasts. These organizations
which are working with different nomenclatures have been commissioned by
security agencies the task of physically eliminating the Baloch intellectuals,
political, and human rights activists. The graphic details of human rights
violation in Balochistan have been published by different non-governmental
organizations and international humanitarian institutions affiliated with the
United Nations.
There has been a steady rise in
the magnitude of the abduction of the Baloch by Pakistani secret agencies for
the last many months.The situation for the Baloch is
alarming. They are living a life at the gunpoint in the shadows of
inhuman atrocities by the most atrocious state establishment in contemporary
world. The war against the Baloch is being waged without witnesses. They are
refusing access to foreign observers, journalists and humanitarian
organizations. We believe that no state should be above International Laws.
Those who are responsible for grave violation of human rights must be held
accountable The Baloch are facing a systematic genocide. They need urgent help
from the civilized and democratic world. This is high time for the
international community to rise and act before it is too late for the Baloch.
Excellency,
We request that this petition be
taken as an urgent humanitarian appeal. We hope that the honorable Prime Minister may kindly take a personal
interest in pushing for a thorough and independent international investigation
into the serious abuses of human rights and humanitarian laws by the Pakistani
Army in Balochistan. We strongly request you to press the Pakistani army
establishment to stop all atrocities against the Baloch political, social and
human rights activists and civilians. Your immediate intervention could save
not only countless innocent lives but could also prevent the present situation
from developing into a total genocide of the defenseless Baloch people.
We will be grateful if Her Majesty’s Government could press
for the establishment of an international commission to investigate the heinous
crimes against humanity committed by the Pakistani State establishments in
Balochistan.
Yours faithfully,
General Secretary Baloch Human Rights Council
(UK)
Noordin
Mengal, Baloch Human Rights Campaigner
Lakhu Luhana, Chairman World Sindhi Congress
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