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#Balochistan | A Nation stolen by #Pakistan !
The Balochistan once was a free and sovereign country, on August 11,1947, the British acceded control of Balochistan to the ruler of Balochistan, Mir Ahmad Yar Khan - the Khan of Kalat. The Khan immediately declared the independence of Balochistan, and Mohammad Ali Jinnah signed the proclamation of Balochistan’s sovereignty under the Khan.
The New York Times reported on August 12, 1947: “Under the agreement, Pakistan recognizes Kalat as an independent sovereign state with a status different from that of the Indian States. An announcement from New Delhi said that Kalat, Moslem State in Baluchistan, has reached an agreement with Pakistan for free flow of communications and commerce, and would negotiate for decisions on defense, external affairs and communications. ” The next day, the NY Times even printed a map of the world showing Balochistan as a fully independent country.
On August 15, 1947 the Khan of Kalat addressed a large gathering in Kalat and formally declared the full independence of Balochistan, and proclaimed the 15th day of August a day of celebration. The Khan formed the lower and upper house of Kalat Assembly, and during the first meeting of the Lower House in early September 1947, the Assembly confirmed the independence of Balochistan. Jinnah tried to persuade the Khan to join Pakistan, but the Khan and both Houses of the Kalat Assembly refused. The Pakistani army then invaded Balochistan on March 27th, 1948, and imprisoned all members of the Kalat Assembly. India stood by silently. Lord Mountbatten, Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru or Maulana Azad, then the president of India’s Congress Party said nothing about the illegal occupation of Balochistan.
Since the illegal occupation of Baloch land,Pakistan’s military is continuously trying to silent the voices of Balochistan’s freedom by the force of guns,tanks,figh ter jets in all the other possible brutal ways.Nawab Babu Nauroz Khan waged an arm struggle along with thousands of Baloch tribesman for the liberation of Balochistan.But on May 15,1959 the Pakistani wicked rulers betrayed the Babu Nauroz through an oath on the holy Quran that Pakistan will settle all the Baloch grievances.Howe ver,when Nawab Nowroz Khan came down from the hills, he and about 150 of his followers, including his sons and nephews, were arrested for armed rebellion against the state. On July 15, 1960 five of the leaders were executed by hanging in Hyderabad Jail.Nawab Nauroz Khan was spared execution on account of his age, but died in Jail in 1964.
The co-operation of Shah-e-Iran Raza Shah Pahlavi with Z.A Bhutto to crush the Baloch Uprising in 1973-77, when the Shah of Iran provided Pakistan with cobra helicopters, Iranian pilots and $700 million dollar in cash.In this deadly operation an estimately 15,000-25,000 Baloch tribesmen were killed,livestoc ks,fields,house s were destroyed by the joint aggression of Pakistan and Iran,and thousands took refuge to Afghanistan.
The Pakistani state has been using regular troops and paramilitary forces against Baloch civilians.The region has been highly militarized, as Pakistani occupiers established one paramilitary post for every 500 people.There are four mega military cantonments, 52 paramilitary cantonments, five naval bases including Jinnah naval base in Ormara district Gwadar and six missile-testing ranges in Balochistan.Ope n in new window
On 17th March 2005, Pakistan's Paramilitary Forces,Started Shelling the town of Dera Bugti,more than 60 Civilians were killed in this indiscriminate Bombardment, among them 33 Hindus killed and 19 were children.
On 17 December 2005, paramilitary forces began aerial bombardment at Kohlu.By mid-June 2006, about 400 to 500 innocent Baloch people were killed in the army operations including in air raids in Balochistan, especially in Marri and Bugti areas.About 80 to 85% of those either killed or injured were women and children.The fighting caused widespread damage to buildings, and 85 percent people of Dera Bugti were forced to flee the town.The Pakistani Air Force chief Tanwir Mahmood Ahmed stated that the air force would continue to be used whenever and wherever the government desired.
According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that Pakistani soldiers arrested four people on April 5 2008, in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan, and subjected them to torture.They were asked to identify local supporters of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). After failing to get any names from them, the victims were immersed in scolding hot coal tar. Three of the men were literally boiled and burned to death. A fourth died later from his injuries.Villag ers in the area also claim the Pakistan army used a form of chemical gas against them and that some of the gassed survivors were later shot.
So far,according to one estimate about 8000 people, including men, women and children, have been abducted by Pakistani security forces from various parts of Balochistan.Pak istan has used all brutal ways to stop the Baloch freedom movement but Baloch nation is courageously facing all the brutalities of occupying state but not withdrawing from the national cause of independence.Pa kistan now using her last method to suppress the struggle like did in Bangladesh by the ‘’Al-Shams’’ &’’Al-Badar’’ now these death squads are re-introduced in Balochistan by new names in order to hide her crimes.Pakistan i military intelligence agencies ISI,MI,IB and Frontier Core are abducting the Baloch students,politi cal workers,human right activists,journ alists from every corner of Balochistan,lik e from colleges,houses ,hospitals,high ways.Pakistan military has kept all abducted persons in secret torture cells,and every week killing 8-10 of the Baloch youths and throwing their brutally tortured bullet riddled bodies in deserts and mountains,most of the deadbodies are not recogniseable as flesh been eaten by wild animals.The “custodial killings toll” has crossed the figure of “130” in a time span of only 10 months and exactly same numbers of Baloch youths has been abducted again.
Pakistan military fighter jets and gunship helicopters still bombing,shellin g the Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Mashkay, Mand town of Balochistan but unfortunately still a ‘’flyzone’’ for Pakistan Airforce, as lives of Baloch are not worthful like the Libyans. It’s the morale duty of all those champions of human rights who are crying for the human lives in Somalia,Egypt,L ibya must play their role to save Baloch nation from the Pakistan military butchers.Infact Pakistan is an ally of US in ‘’War Against Terrorism’’ but we Baloch need world support in ‘’War Against Pakistani State Terrorism in Balochistan’’.
As an occupied & opressed Nation, we have every right to be free, independent & soverign, freedom is our basic right as nation according to international law of UNO.
It is high time for the UN now to recognize Balochistan as an occupied country and Baloch Nation as an occupied Nation. UN should pass resolutions against Pakistan & Iran if she doesn't stop the massacre of Baloch Nation. Balochistan issue must be resolved according UN charter of Rights. Baloch need their sovereign country back and International Community must come to the aid of Baloch Nation to help Baloch achieve their goal (Independent Balochistan). We also appeal to Human rights organizations and international communities to pressure UN against the human rights violation in Occupied Balochistan by Pakistani and Iran, UN must act high time now against pakistan's crimes against humanity in occupied Balochistan and should support the Independence of Balochistan.
And to what extent is the United States implicated?
an evening with Maryam al-Khawaja, Acting DIrector of the Bahrain Center for Human RIghts & scion of the Nobel-nominated al-Khawaja family
in conversation with
Aryeh Neier
president emeritus of the Open Society Foundations
Ruth Wedgwood
of Johns Hopkins University
U.S. member, UN Rights Committee (2203-2011)
& Sarah Leah WHitson
director of the Middle East division of Human Rights Watch
The people should sign to show support in our legitimate cause . Baloch should have their Human Rights
In the U.S., many citizens exercise their right to peaceful assembly. However, in Bahrain this basic human right is being denied. Citizens are subject to ridiculous punishments for peaceful expression and assembly. In a recent ruling of Bahrain’s Court of Cassation, seven of 13 defendants were sentenced to life in prison simply for expressing their feelings. However, more severe crimes are being given less harsh punishments. For example, a police officer was given only seven years for repeatedly firing his gun at an unarmed citizen. Bahrain has taken steps to reform its government, though these attempts were never fully carried out....
Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi | Shiite Ayatollah in Khamenei's Prison | #Iran
About the nature of Khamenei's Regime: Fascism, dictatorship and suppression
By Mustafa Rahmani
As an Iranian activist, working in field of translation, I am in contact with different kind of Iranian people inside/outside of Iran and also non-Iranian people around the world. I have been monitoring the transmission of Human Rights violations news between both parts for years. And I feel there is a missing ring for the world to understand full dictatorship of khamenei’s regime: Sunnis think Iranian regime is against Iranian Sunnis, Christians think it is suppressing Iranian Christians and …
Khamenei’s regime, using its IRGC “yes-man” force with huge money of oil and other natural resources, suppresses via imprisonment, torture and execution, any idea and action which is not Vilayat-e Faqih.
Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi (also Hosein Kazemaini Boroujerdi) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'i Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and government and has been imprisoned several times by the Iranian regime.
He reportedly first expressed his opposition to the theocratic nature of the Islamic government of Iran under which Islamic jurists rule or provide "guardianship" in 1994. He has been quoted as saying Iranians "are loyal to the fundamentals of the true religion and the Prophet's mission", but are "tired of the religion of politics and political slogans."
Boroujerdi and many of his followers were arrested in Tehran on October 8, 2006, following a clash between police and hundreds of his followers. Iranian officials charged him with having claimed to be a representative of Muhammad al-Mahdi, a venerated figure in Shi'i Islam, a charge he denies.
According to mardaninews website, as of 1 June 2008 "judicial authorities have released no information concerning his prosecution" and his medical condition is deteriorating.
He is still in prison and today HRANA reported that he was transferred to solitary confinement.
My message to the International community as a person grown up in Iran: Imagine such a regime with nuclear bomb! May be the crimes of Khamenei’s regime in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen and … are not important for you. But in near future you will be regretted of your inactivity.
... Out of 166 inmates, 102 are on hunger strike at Guantanamo, with 30 being fed through tubes. One inmate continued to be hospitalised but prison officials said his life was not in danger. Inmates are restrained and a feeding tube is pushed through their nose and into their stomach - a practise the UN compares to torture. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Dr Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General at the World Medical Association, said the force-feeding was "degrading and inhuman"....
Bahrain's main opposition accused government troops of raiding the home of the country's leading Shiite cleric on Friday, and warned that authorities will bear responsibility for this "dangerous" act. ....
Thousands of activists will be coming to Washington, D.C. the weekend of June 8-10 to support a powerful exhibit and event called 'One Million Bones', a visual installation on the National Mall to commemorate past genocides and generate awareness and action on current conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and other areas affected by mass atrocities. Join the Enough Project on Monday, June 10th, following the events of the weekend, to meet face-to-face with staff representatives or Members of Congress themselves when possible to inform them about atrocities unfolding in the world's worst conflicts....
...Nabeel Rajab called his wife on 14 May 2013, telling her that he had witnessed the torture of young political prisoners at the hands of prison guards at Jaw prison. He raised his voice telling them to stop, and when they realized that he had witnessed what was happening, they quickly left. Nabeel Rajab asked his wife to request that theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visit him in prison so he can give them his testimony of what he had witnessed. Rajab’s wife received a phone call that evening informing her that Nabeel was reportedly removed from his cell that night by prison guards and was not returned....
Prominent Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab is believed to have been transferred from his prison cell by authorities without the knowledge of his immediate family. Rajab's wife, Sumaya, told the BBC on Wednesday that she had been informed of her husband's removal by a relative of a fellow prisoner. According to US-based advocacy group Human Rights First, Said Yousif, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, received a call from Rajab on 12 May, during which he claimed to have witnessed the torture of eight young men in Bahrain's Jaw Prison....
For the first time since his mysterious disappearance more than two years ago, outspoken Bahraini opposition blogger Ali Abdulemam has reemerged in public. T...
...That's right. The nation's courts decided that the victim is the one who'll be whipped 100 times in public, for the crime of "sex outside marriage." And only one thing will get President Mohammed Waheed Hassan to intervene. Us....
The Greater #Baloch nation boycotts #Pakistan election farce.....
The Baloch nation, while under severe attack from the Pakistani ISI and suffering under occupation, wins the elections! They have organized, united and presented a steadfast front against the Pakistani menace occupying their motherland! Azad Balochistan!
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....Sheikh Issa Qassem had earlier this month underlined the Bahraini people's insistence on restoring their rights and demands.
"The policy of suppression, violence and using iron fist by authorities against the citizens and opposition figures will intensify and prolong the crisis and troubles the possibility of achieving a solution," Qassem said at the time, addressing worshippers in al-Daraz district.
Qassem pointed to the strong willingness of the al-Khalifa regime to use force against the Bahraini people, and said such policies harm people's interests and prolong the ongoing crisis in the country.
"Those who hope that the Bahraini people would relinquish their demands one day are only dreaming," he reiterated....
...Balochistan whose large parts were annexed through deceit and military aggression by the Pakistani state in 1948 has been in constant turmoil and armed conflict ever since. Up till the late 1970s these struggles for national liberation were fused with left currents and socialist ideological aspirations. These were brutally crushed by the military aggression supported by the Iranian monarchy and US imperialism. In the recent period, most of the nationalist leadership’s ideological orientation has moved to a narrow nationalist distraction but the repression of the state has intensified....
Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been removed from his cell to an unknown location, losing all contact with his family and lawyer, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights reported Wednesday. In an appeal sent out by the human rights group, Rajab had reportedly witnessed prisoners at the central Jaw prison being tortured. Rajab’s wife had received a phonecall from Rajab testifying on what he had witnessed in the prison. Shortly after, Rajab’s wife was told that her husband had been removed from his prison cell. His lawyer, family and fellow activists have not been in contact with him since....
In western Burma, 140,000 people have been forced from their homes by communal violence. Their camps are now at risk of being inundated by monsoons.
... The Baloch, the Khan insists, are the region’s only secular people and disgusted by the Shiite extremism of Iran and the Sunni variety practiced in neighboring Pakistan (the country’s official name is, after all, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan). But there is one issue on which he is not willing to compromise: The provinces of both countries that are Balochi-inhabited will and must revert to their natural owners. “It’s not Iran or Pakistan or Afghanistan; it’s Baloch land....
In a Senate hearing today, Pentagon officials claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF),...
Human Rights Watch said Thursday a proposed media law by Kuwait would increase state control and curtail the right to free speech, as authorities suspended a popular talk show programme on a pro-opposition television channel. The draft law breaches international standards protecting free speech as it would give the information ministry excessive power, the New York-based HRW said in a statement. ... “Any press law should promote free speech and the free flow of information so essential to any democratic society, not throttle reporting and debate,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at HRW said.
Published on May 11, 2013 Commission investigators also received a number of verbal and written statements from persons alleging that they had witnessed the deceased being tortured in detention. In these statements, the witnesses claimed that they had heard him screaming, "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) after every blow he received, and that all of a sudden he stopped. The witnesses stated that after the deceased stopped screaming, they heard one person say to another, "You killed him."
. The Commission concludes in paragraph 1005 that the death of Mr Fakhrawi is attributed to torture while in the custody of the National Security Apparatus.
Maryam AlKhawaja: "... This has been most frustrating for me, watching the progression of violence from the side of the opposition. Over time nonviolent activists have lost footing due to the inaction of the international community. A year ago, my family would urge people to use only nonviolent protest, and they would listen. When I visited in February, a more common response to this request was “what have you been able to do for us over the past two years?” Honestly, I didn’t have an answer for them. There has been no accountability for the Bahraini regime abroad. I cannot blame people for becoming disenchanted with this idea of civil disobedience and nonviolence, because it has garnered absolutely no support from international governments. I hear people talk about protestors carrying guns on the ground in Libya, and receiving NATO and media support. In Bahrain, we demanded rights peacefully and nobody responded. And so people are resorting to violence. I fear the situation is becoming radicalized and very quickly...."
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war and was sentenced to 80 years in prison. Hundreds of people who were packed into the courtroom burst into applause, chanting, "Justice!" as Rios Montt received a 50-year term for the genocide charge and an additional 30 years for crimes against humanity. It was the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his or her own country.....
Away from daylight, away from his family and away from justice. Ayatollah Nimr awaits in captivity for the day he will be executed for no crime whatsoever. His sister says he has been denied medical care. This happens under the eyes of the international community. We are shocked very much observing the silence and lack of action from the international community regarding the situation in Saudi Arabia. These people who are from regions like Qatif in Saudi Arabia are barred from their inalienable right to religious and political dissent. There are thousands of political prisoners in the Saudi dungeons who expect people like yourself to react and stand up for the one thing which all of us share, the unbreakable bond of humanity. .....
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