Free Balochistan Movement held simultaneous protests, campaigns in different countries

LONDON/BRAUNSCHWEIG: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) has held several simultaneous protests and awareness campaigns in London, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Canada and Austria on 10 December to mark the ‘International Human Rights Day’.

The FBM activists distributed several thousand leaflets during their three-day campaign in Germany’s Braunschweig city and explained to the German public that Baloch people are facing torture, abductions, mutilated dead bodies, mass executions, military operations, demographic changes and other human rights abuses and violations.

In a nutshell, Baloch people face state genocidal policies from Pakistan and Iran just because they own a resourced rich land.

‘Today we are marking the day in Germany and many other countries simultaneously as the ‘International Human Rights Day’ declared by United Nations in 1948 the same year when Pakistan occupied the Baloch Homeland. Since then Baloch Nation has been struggling for their basic right of freedom and liberty but the Baloch voice has always gone unnoticed and unheard,’ the FBM activists highlighted.

They Baloch activists have urged all freeborn human beings to come forward, raise voice against Baloch genocide and fulfil their moral responsibilities so that ‘we, Baloch, also avail our right to live free and get rid of the inhuman treatment from ruthless Islamic fanatics who are also responsible for terrorising the world.’

In London, the FBM activists informed Amnesty International that enforced disappearances are an urgent issue in Balochistan. Pakistani army and security forces have abducted and disappeared at least 20,000 Baloch political and human rights activists since the year 2000. So far mutilated bodies of more than 6000 of these victims have been discovered in different parts of Balochistan.

The FBM activists said that enforced disappearances of Baloch political and human rights activists are not a new occurrence in Pakistani occupied Balochistan, it started Punjabi army of Pakistan illegally occupied the independent state of Balochistan in March 1948.

‘Targeting Baloch women and children has been a chief policy of Pakistani state in Balochistan to pressurise Baloch political and human rights activists to stop their activities for independence and for the Baloch freedom fighters to hand themselves into the Pakistani army,’ the FBM leaflet highlighted.

The participants said that Baloch families have organised the longest march in human history from Shal, the capital city of eastern Balochistan, to Islamabad capital city of Pakistan about 3000 kilometres in 2013 for recovery of their loved ones. These families have also been sitting in from Quetta Press Club for more than 3400 Days.

Free Balochistan Movement activist Dr Shahzavar Baloch said, ‘Eastern occupied Balochistan is under total military occupation of Pakistan and all news about Balochistan are controlled by the Pakistani army. There is no independent media, reporter or a human rights organization in Balochistan.’

In Netherland’s Amsterdam city the FBM activists have organised an awareness campaign at the Amnesty International office during their signature campaign and distributed pamphlets about ongoing human rights violations and the latest wave of the abduction of Baloch women by the Pakistani army in Balochistan.

In New York USA also Baloch activists have organised a demonstration outside the office of Amnesty International to highlight Iranian and Pakistani state crimes against Baloch nation in Balochistan.  The FBM activists visited Human Rights groups to give them a letter from Free Balochistan Movement and explained Balochistan situation in Salzburg city of Austria. In Canada, FBM activists and Baloch Community held a joint protest and awareness event on 9 December 2018.