Five Bullet Riddled bodies were recovered yesterday on Rojhan rd. in the Punjab city of Rahim Yar Khan. Three of the recovered bodies have been identified as Baloch Republican Party activists Zabar Khan Bugti s/o Hassan Khan Bugti, Beuragh Bugti s/o Chagro Bugti & Badla Mazari while the other 2 have yet to be identified. The victims were abducted 2 months ago by Pakistan’s Intelligence Agents during raids on the homes of Bugti IDPs living in Rahim Yar Khan. Two more unidentified bodies were recovered on Friday in Sibi, Balochistan.
Earlier this week in Dera Bugti, Pakistani Armed Forces conducted an intense
military operation. Occupational State Forces heavily bombarded
the Pelawagh and Sanghar pati districts of Dera Bugti on Monday killing Hayat Khan Bugti
and wounding Pazo Bibi, Ghulam Nabi Bugti & Shahi Bugti. After
heavily shelling the villages, State Forces invaded civilian houses, looting
valuables and setting the homes ablaze. State Agents abducted 5 residents
during the operation.
“Despite of all such brutalities of Pakistani forces over Baloch civilians, the United Nations and civilized world keeps silence. Mr Bugti appealed to the human rights advocate groups to raise their voice against the state brutalities in Balochistan. Where the state terrorism on Baloch people have become a routine.” – BRP – Dera Bugti District President Riaz Gul Bugti
Private schools throughout the region have been forced to
close after state endorsed terrorist gang Tanzeem-ul-Islami-ul-Furqan
distributed a threatening flyer in the Panjgur region earlier this month.
Al-Furqan terrorists accuse school administrators of “corrupting the minds of
young girls by exposing them to western education” and demanded “all private
schools must immediately disallow girls from seeking an education”. The
terrorist gang has effectively assumed the role of enforcing a long established
Pakistan State policy of strictly oppressing education of Baloch. On May
14th, within close vicinity to a FC checkpoint, Al-Furqan militants
set fire to a school van transporting female students and teachers.
Although Pakistani FC soldiers were stationed at a checkpoint only a few meters
away, they did not respond to the attack.
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| On May 21st Panjgur residents protested the enforced closure of local schools and threats to education from Tanzeem-ul-Islami-ul-Furqan |
For several months, the entire Panjgur region has been under
heavy occupation by State Forces. Pakistan Armed Forces have established
checkpoints and camps at every major intersection and roadway. Vacant
schools and public buildings have been reportedly repurposed into military barracks
and detention centers.
Despite Pakistan’s heavy military presence in the Panjgur
region, radical terrorist gangs openly operate with impunity. Instead of
fighting the extremist thugs, Pakistan’s army directs their force against
Balochistan’s impoverished rural villages. Students, journalists,
activists, suspected nationalists and even their relatives are routinely
targeted by State endorsed death squads. The use of mercenary gangs to
enforce the policy of the Occupational State has been a long standing practice
in Pakistan. Recently in Sindh, the tortured
remains of Sindhi Nationalist Ameen Malhani were found with the word “Pakistan”
viciously carved into his chest.
For over a month BSO Azad Central Committee member Sangat Lateef
Johar has been on a #HungerStrikeTillDeath protest
to #SaveBSOAzadLeader.
Since the young student activist began his hunger strike, Lateef Johar has lost
more than 20kg and his health is rapidly declining. Friends, Associates,
Journalists, Activists, and sympathizers have urged Lateef Johar to end his
hunger strike. Despite the excruciating hunger and fatigue, Lateef Johar
remains determined to continue his hunger strike until BSO Azad Chairman Zahid
Baloch is released.
“Our generation is the generation of waste and destruction. We
must sacrifice one generation” –
Lateef Johar (via twitter: @LateefJohar)
Seldom
is there a man such as Sangat Lateef Johar; so willing to sacrifice everything
to awaken a sense of humanity within us. If Lateef continues his hunger
strike until death, his martyrdom would be a terrible loss to all
mankind. As a result of Lateef’s hunger strike, he has exposed the
Pakistan government’s flagrant human rights abuses, oppression of education, as
well as revealed the international community’s cruel complacency.
On April 22nd BSO-Azad student group established a
protest camp at the Karachi Press Club in Sindh to protest the enforced
disappearance of BSO Azad Chairman Zahid Baloch. Zahid Baloch was
arrested by State Security Forces on March 18th2014, while
attending a BSO-Azad meeting in Satellite Town, Quetta. Zahid has since
been imprisoned without charge or crime. Zahid’s family, his BSO-Azad
associates, as well as Journalists, Activists, Human Rights Advocates have all
publicly expressed serious concern about Zahid’s safety. Although
concerned parties have attempted to file FIR (First Information Report),
Pakistan authorities refused to accept the report stating “cases cannot be lodged
against members of security agencies.”
Pakistan’s Security Forces have frequently targeted Journalists,
Activists, Lawyers, and their relatives for Enforced Abduction and
Extrajudicial Execution. Thousands of their Bullet Riddled bodies have
been recovered during the past ten years in Balochistan. The remains
of abductees are often discovered “dumped” in rural areas and Disfigured by
Severe Acts of Torture. On May 10th BSO-Azad
member Jahanzaib Baloch was extrajudicially executed by State Sponsored Death
Squads in Mastung. To this day, not one single political abductee has
been charged with a crime or granted due process.
BSO-Azad announced
calls for a Balochistan province wide strike on May 21st. Cities all across Balochistan were
completely shut down. Throughout the day roads were empty and shops were
closed in protest of the illegal abduction of BSO-Azad Chairman Zahid
Baloch. The BSO-Azad strike call was publicly endorsed by BRP, BYW and
BNM. BSO-Azad officially thanked all the citizens, workers and
businessmen of Balochistan for participating in the strike.
Activists around the world continue to show their support and solidarity staging protests and demonstrations urging the international community to demand Pakistan release all political prisoners and cease their violent military campaign in Balochistan. On May 16th BHRO held a seminar in Karachi and on May 18th Protestors in Busan held a rally to show their support.
In Toronto, Ontario, Progressive
students Tayyaba and Urooj Shahzadi, BHRC-Canada, Baloch Community
Ontario and World Sindhi Congress held a protest on May 18th to show
solidarity with BSO-Azad and condemn Pakistan’s campaign of human rights abuses
in Balochistan.
Amnesty
International has recently released a document calling upon the Pakistan
Administration to either release Zahid Baloch or promptly charge him with a
criminal offense in accordance with international laws. Activists are
urged to print and mail the document to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif,
Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, and Chief Minister of
Balochistan Dr Abdul Malik.
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| May 17th a delegation led by Baloch Nationalist Hyrbyair Marri met with Swedish leaders to discuss the human rights abuses in Balochistan. |
“Pakistan and Iran are not only committing Baloch Genocide but also destroying Baloch’s culture.” – Hyrbyair Marri Baloch
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| Join the May 25th Social Media E-Campaign from 3pm-11pm (PKT) under hashtag #SaveEducationinBalochistan |
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