GERMANY: Free Balochistan Movement activists protest against Iran

HANNOVER: The Free Balochistan Movement organized a protest demonstration in Hanover, Germany on November 11, the day when Iran occupied the Western Party of Balochistan currently known as Iranian-Occupied Balochistan.

According to the statement issued to the media, November 11 is a part of the international campaigns of the Free Balochistan Movement, where the Free Balochistan Movement tries to provide awareness to free-born people of the world about the plight of the Baloch people and the occupation of Balochistan’s western party by Iran.

“The Free Balochistan Movement organises different programs and protests around the world to gain support and sympathy for the Baloch national movement and highlight the occupation of Balochistan by Pakistan and Iran. Both religiously fanatic states have been committing crimes against humanity and atrocities since they forcibly and illegally occupied the sovereign Baloch country,” the FBM said.

The protest demonstration started at 2:00 PM in the city centre of Hanover on November 11, 2023, and continued until 4:00 PM. Free Balochistan Movement activists as well as Arab activists of Al-Ahwaz and other Baloch political activists participated in the demonstration. The protesters carried various banners and placards with various slogans against the Iranian occupation of the Western part of Balochistan, human rights violations and other atrocities and crimes committed by the Iranian state.

Some FBM activists spoke at the event and highlighted Iranian state brutalities against Baloch people. The speakers included Waja Muhammad Bakhsh Baloch, Daniyal Baloch, Khudadad Baloch and Mohammad Faris Baloch.

They said that Pakistan and Iran have occupied Balochistan and enslaved the Baloch people with the help and support of their British masters, which is a moment of concern for our national existence and identity.

The speakers added that as a nation we [Baloch] should join hands and fight against both enemies (Pakistan and Iran) for our political freedom and national sovereignty in an equal way to make it possible to protect our national unity and existence.

They said that national existence will be at stake when nations accept slavery, but the way Pakistan and Iran are attacking our national existence and identity is evident that these two enemy states want to dilute and abolish the Baloch national identity. Iran and Pakistan want the Baloch nation to call themselves Iranian and Pakistanis.

The FBM stated that the long and tireless struggle of the Baloch people is encouraging and illustrates that the Baloch have not accepted their national slavery despite having limited to no support and help.

Speakers explained that the growing momentum of the movement’s struggle encourages Baloch people and gives them hope that Baloch can not only save their national identity but also regain their lost independence and become a dignified and independent nation in the list of other prosperous nations of the world.

They further said that the Baloch nation living on both sides of the artificial Goldsmid Lone collective own Balochistan but they have been cut off from each other by these arbitrary Lines.  The current freedom struggle is bringing Balochs closer to each other.  Currently Baloch on both sides of this artificial line are uniting under one flag as their identity and this process should continue until this flag is given an independent identity.

Seeing this unity and mutual trust, both the enemies of Baloch are worried and have become partners with each other and have established an undeclared alliance through which they are trying to subdue Baloch. This phase is a test for the Baloch nation that how they will protect their national interests while living in this region and how they will move forward by protecting themselves from the enemy’s plots.

The FBM speakers said that 11 November holds similar importance as March 27 in the history of Baloch and we should mark these two days as Black Day and send a message to our enemies including the world that Baloch live in Pakistani-occupied Balochistan and Iranian-occupied Balochistan.

The speakers emphasised that Baloch people will never give up their national interests due to the conspiracies and machinations of their enemies.