Afghan Voice - Pakistani
army raids language centre
Once again Pakistani Forces have sabotaged the education of
the Baloch Nation. On March 17th
2014 Pakistani Armed Forces attacked the Karawan English Language Center in
Koshkalat, Turbat. Six of the School
Teachers; Abdul Salam, Mehran, Jamil, Muheeb, Kalimullah, Siraj, and three students
Moqeeb, Jamil & Waheed were abducted by State Forces during the invasion.
Only last week several Baloch students were attacked and severely beaten by a gang of 8 BBA students at an Islamabad University. The Balochi students were attacked for speaking openly in Balochi language. Also, earlier this year in mid-January, the Pakistani FC raided a College dormitory in Turbat. Whereupon they confiscated allegedly “controversial” material including documentaries and history books by respected journalists and intellectuals. During the raid FC soldiers abducted one of the students and subjected a university professor as well as several other students to acts of torture.
Incidents such as these truly illustrate the occupational state’s agenda. Preventing the Baloch people from attaining meaningful education is crucial to the occupational state’s system of oppression. By denying the Indigenous Population of Balochistan adequate education, the Baloch Youth are subsequently prevented from achieving their personal potential and attaining meaningful employment. The Pakistani States policy of enforced poverty through restriction of proper education is an essential component to maintaining their occupation of Balochistan.
In the Kashi area of Dera Bugti the bullet riddled body of
Basheer Ahmad s/o Ali Baksh Bugti was discovered on Monday. Pakistani Forces abducted Basheer Ahmad along
with several other Baloch residents during an operation in the Patfeedar region
of Sui, Dera Bugti.
Last week Pakistani Forces initiated a ruthless assault in
the Mashkai region of Balochistan. Regional sources have reported Gunship
Helicopters indiscriminately Bombarding the helpless residents. According to regional reports, the entire village of Koh-e-Ispat was reduced to smoldering ruins by State Forces. The Koh-Jani, Zung,
Dar-e-Band and Alangi villages were also heavily besieged by the Pakistan Army.
Yesterday Pakistani Armed Forces again extended their savage rampage through Mashkai to include the small town of Khan-Dari (hometown of Nationalist Leader Dr. Allah Nazar). According to reports, Pakistani Forces set at least 20 homes, in Khandari, on fire during the Loot & Burn operations.
Residents including
the Women & Children were detained & subjected to Acts of Torture
during the assault. The homes of Hakeem, Anwar, Wahid, Abdul & Haqq are
among the countless houses devastated by State Attacks in Mashkai.
In the aftermath of the attacks in Dera Bugti, bodies of
abductees have begun to surface in the region.
On Tuesday March 18th, two bodies were found dumped in the
Pirkoh region of Dera Bugti. A local
shepard discovered the remains near gas well #19 and informed the local
authorities. The remains were identified
as that of Tomeer s/o Meer Khan Bugti and Basheero s/o Sadhan Bugti. Witnesses say the victim’s remains showed
clear signs of torture and inhuman treatment.
BRP media sources have confirmed the victims were abducted during a
State offensive in the Zain Koh area of Dera Bugti on March 1st.
Pakistani Security Forces continue to conduct unlawful
arbitrary raids and military operations in Balochistan. On Monday, State Security Forces attacked the
New Kahan district of Quetta. Local
residents were harassed, detained and interrogated. Some of whom were subjected to acts of
torture. All detainees were eventually
released. The next day Security Forces
in Quetta initiated another military operation in the Saryab rd. area. Unconfirmed reports of mass abductions have
been leaked from the region.
Over the past two days 4 people were killed and 4 abducted
from various regions including Khuchlak and Sobat Poor. On Monday in Dera Bugti unidentified gunmen killed
one and injured three. In Panjgur two people
were murdered this week. Qadir Baloch in
Washbood Panjgur, and Ameer Mela of Eassai Panjgur, were gunned down by
unidentified target killers. Last
Friday, March 14th, in Hub Mohmmad Latif was also killed by
unidentified gunmen. A Turbat resident named Raifque was also abducted on Friday.
March 17th was a day of sorrow for the people of
Balochistan. Nine years ago on this day
the Pakistani Army Bombarded Baloch villages in the Dera Bugti region with
gunship helicopters. 71 residents of the
rural Baloch villages were killed during the attacks. The March 17th, 2005 Dera Bugti Massacre is
forever held as a day of solemn remembrance for the Martyrs who died during the
assault. The attacks on that fateful day
marked the beginning of the 5th Pakistani Military Occupation of Balochistan. Since then 20,000 ethnic Baloch civilians
have been unlawfully abducted and over 1600 extra-judicialy killed by State
Forces in Balochistan.
Hundreds of Karachi protestors joined The Voice for Baloch
Missing Persons demonstration at the Karachi Press Club on March 17th. Local activist Mir Balach Baloch alongside
his colleagues showed their support and appreciation to the Mama Qadeer Baloch and
the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons for their historic Long March & Hunger
Strike demonstration. Mir Balach Baloch
called upon social media activists to show their support for Mama Qadeer Baloch
& Banuk Farzana Mahjeed Baloch. In a
statement Mir Balach said “We are with Mama Qadeer Baloch and will struggle
until every last missing person is accounted for.”
Balochwarna News - Baloch activists’ names have been removed from Supreme Court’s list
Baluch Sarmachar - Mama Qadeer demands recovery of all missing persons
Banuk Farzana Mahjeed along with Mama Qadeer and several other
VBMP activists held a press conference at the Karachi Press club on March 18th. Banuk Farzana Mahjeed addressed the
conference and demanded The Pakistani Courts explain why her abducted Brother
Zakir Mahjeed’s name was removed from the Supreme Court’s official list of
abducted Baloch persons. Zakir Mahjeed
was abducted by State Agencies in June of 2009 from the Mastung area of
Balochistan.
Since Zakir Mahjeed’s abduction, Farzana Mahjeed has been
petitioning the courts and steadily protesting.
In 2013 Farzana Mahjeed joined Mama Qadeer and the Voice for Baloch
Missing Persons Long March participants for the recovery of their missing loved
ones. Demonstrators marched nearly
3000km from Quetta to Karachi to Islamabad in protest of the State Policy of
enforced disappearances & extrajudicial killings in Balochistan.
In her statements, Farzana Mahjeed said: “If my brother has
committed any crimes then he should be brought before the Supreme Court. But
from past five years the state agencies have not even once heard my plea to
locate the whereabouts of my brother.”
Furthermore, she asked “Can justice Jawad tell us why the doors of this
institution for justice [Supreme Court] are being shut for us? Has Justice
Jawad forgotten my plea and the tear of Kabeer Baloch’s mother?”
Although Chief
Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Jawad had ordered the
release of her brother and several other abductees, security & intelligence
agencies have refused to comply. As well
as Zakir Mahjeed, many other abductees including Mushtaq Baloch, Kabeer Baloch,
Attaullah Baloch and Saadullah Baloch were also removed from the official list.
Banuk Farzana Mahjeed and The Voice For Baloch Missing
Persons appeals to the United Nations, International Community, Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch and other international humanitarian
organisations to take notice of enforced-disappearances in Balochistan and play
their role for the safe release of her brother Zakir Majeed and thousands of
other abducted Baloch.
Earlier this week, demonstrations were also held in
Quetta and Karachi to protest the Pakistan Army’s continuing aggression against
the ethnic Baloch population. The Baloch
Human Rights Organization conducted protests in Quetta at the Quetta Press Club
against the ongoing military operations in Mashkai & Dera Bugti. While in Karachi the Baloch Republican Party
alongside Baloch Republican Students Organization and Baloch Human Rights
Organization held protests at the Quetta Press Club to protest the politically
motivated Death Squad attacks in Lyari.
BRP and BRSO leaders addressed the protesters stating “State
atrocities that started almost a decade ago continue unabated and gaining
momentum with every passing moment. Military operations have been extended to
every breadth and corner of Balochistan.
Enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings of political
activists, teachers, students, lawyers, intellectuals and innocent Baloch
people have become a daily routine.” Representatives further said that the
Baloch nation had no trust in any institution of the state and only relation
between the Baloch Nation and state; is that of the oppressor and the
oppressed.
March 27th 1948 marks the day Pakistani forces illegally
invaded and occupied Balochistan. Since
that day the Baloch Nation has considered March 27th as a Black Day.
In a recent statement Baloch Patriot Leader Hyrbyair Marri
has called upon the entire Baloch Nation to observe March 27th as a Black Day
and organize Shutter-Down protests. He
said “not only Baloch nation should protest on 27 March 2014 but they should
also make it clear to the occupying state that they will never accept this illegal
relation and will continue to struggle for sovereignty and independence.”
BRP-UK will be holding a protest on March 22nd in front of
British Parliament (Palace of Westminster).
BRP UK Representatives will be highlighting the killing of Baloch in Lyari,
Karachi, as well as exposing the disturbing Human rights violations, enforced
disappearances, and the State Security Forces blatant kill and dump policies in
Balochistan. The protest is scheduled on
Saturday March 22nd, 2014 from 2pm to 4pm.
The Baloch Community in London, England, Will be holding a
protest in front of the British Prime Minister’s Office at 10 Downing Street on
March 27th from 2pm until 4pm GMT. The
protest will be highlighting the ongoing military operations in Balochistan as
well as the severe human rights violations, enforced disappearances and
extrajudicial killing & dumping of Baloch activists.
In the United States, activists will be staging a protest to
draw the attention of Obama Administration to the ongoing genocidal policies of
Pakistan in Balochistan, and Pakistani misuse of American aid to conduct
genocide in Balochistan. The protest is
scheduled for March 27th 2014 from 12:00pm until 3:00pm in front of the State
Dept. 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC
20520
BRP-Norway will also be holding a protest on March 28th at
Karl Johans gate 22, 0026 Oslo at 4:00pm, to create awareness of the severe
human rights abuses and military activities in Balochistan.
