'Baloch Nelson Mandela' mocks at apex court of Pakistan

In his opening statement before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, "Baloch Nelson Mandela" Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal mocked at the apex court by saying that it has given "timely attention" to the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and other forms of human rights...

Army brutalities on Baloch continue unabated, says Noordin Mengal

A young international representative, who is grandson of two of Balochistan's most widely respected nationalist leaders, accused the Pakistan military and intelligence services of playing the Islam card to crush diversity and the national movement of Balochistan....

Mehran says entire families being decimated in Balochistan

Two international representatives of Balochistan put Pakistan on the mat at the Oxford University on Thursday evening. Mehran Baluch and Noordin Mengal, along with Pakistan director of Human Rights Watch, Ali Dayan Hasan, were speaking at the Oxford University Pakistan...

Prof. Carina Jahani on Baloch, Balochi and Balochistan

By Prof. Carina JahaniDepartment of Linguistics and PhilologyUppsala University, SwedenThe purpose of this chapter is to compare themes in Balochi written literature with thosefound in Balochi oral literature in search for an “urban mind”. The Balochi language isspoken in...

New York publisher urges Pakistan soldiers to free Arjemandi

A New York documentary producer, publisher and writer has appealed to Pakistan military release of Norwegian Baloch victim of enforced disappearance, Ehsan Arjemandi. Wendy Johnson, publisher of The Baluch (www.thebaluch.com) said Arjemandi is being held at the military...

Coptic Christians, Baloch face same enemy: report in DC says

The Voice of Copts, the premier oragnization of Coptic Christians in the United States ,organized an event at the U.S. capitol on Thursday that brought together leading lights of United States from different...

WikiLeaks: vote on Julian Assange in Washington DC on Monday

Is Julian Assange a humanist of the highest order or is he a rapist, crook like some Western government officials and politicians are insisting?In spite of the general outbursts that Julain Assange has put human lives in danger, some people in southwest Asia believe the...

Amnesty kills vote on helping Balochistan victims

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania: Balochistan has once again been rejected as an agenda for action by the Amnesty International, reports from a conference in this steel town revealed. A resolution that called for more action to end enforced disappearances in Balochistan was shot down...

Video of attack on Baloch historian to circulate in North America

KARACHI --  Video of an attack on a Baloch history professor on a conference on Baloch missing persons at the Karachi Press Club is being widely circulated among human rights groups in the United States and...

Pakistan: late journalist's keep tries to censor free speech

KARACHI -- A freelance writer and alleged keep of a late sports journalist tried to stop free speech at a conference on Baloch missing persons at the Karachi Press Club. Nargis Khanum could not tolerate the truth being told about Balochistan's forced occupation by Pakistan. ...

Christian massacre routine in Pakistan: DC conference today

Killing of Christians in Pakistan on pretext to blasphemy law, situation of religious minorities and anniversary of Gojra massacre are main issues to be highlighted in speakers conference WASHINGTON DC: A galaxy of...

Baloch IDP infants most malnourished on earth: Unicef insider

Babies of two of internally displaced Bugti and Marri tribesmen in Balochistan are more malnourished than any other place on earth, officials of Unicef who have worked in the IDP camps in Kahan and Dera Bugti...

Punjabi generals plan to turn Balochistan into second Afghanistan

"It's a civil war," journalist Malik Siraj Akbar declared on phone from Quetta. And the thought crossed my mind : may the Punjabi generals never covet your homeland; if they do Balochistan might become a...

Balochistan legend rejects talks with Pakistan

KARACHI: The father of the Balochistan liberation movement has said the Baloch people have been pushed to the wall and there is no way out for them but to fight back against the Pakistani occupation of their...

U.S. urged to intervene: Pakistan military operation in Mekran

WASHINGTON DC: The American Friends of Balochistan has condemned the Pakistan military offensive against the hapless people of Mekran and urged the U.S. authorities to intervene in the matter.In a letter sent to U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Her Excellency Anne W....
 

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