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I am Jamal Baloch: Personal Testimony of An Abduction

photo: Jamal Baloch

Summary: On October 4, 2010, 17-year-old engineering student Jamal Baloch traveled to the Al-Noor Hotel in Karachi. As he pulled up to the hotel in a rickshaw, two men emerged from a silver colored, 4-door car and started to walk towards him. Jamal, fearing he would be abducted like other Baloch youth, fled.

On October 10, Jamal went to college where two policemen jumped him from behind and pushed him into a car with the help of two persons in civilian dress. In the car the men started to question Jamal, speculating that since he had been in Mand and Gwadar he should know something about the sarmachars (Baloch resistance). Jamal responded that he was a student in Karachi for the last three to four years and didn't know anything about that--he shouted and cried that he didn't know anything.

The man sitting to his left then held him tight and removed a syringe. Jamal struggled and the person on his right grabbed his neck while the other person gave him an injection. The men continued to question him regarding who and where the sarmachar in Mand and Gwadar were. Jamal started to feel drowsy. The men continued to question him while making fun of him. They threatened that if they gave him another injection, he'd go 'insane' and lose his mind. They beat him as they questioned him. They said if you don't know anything, work for us. You should work as our informant. They threatened that if he didn't work for them, they would again abduct him, torture him and give him another injection that would make him completely insane. They told him, 'You are a student, your life is in your hands now.' After torturing him for 4 to 5 hours, they dumped him at the location where they had first picked him up.

Jamal then made his way to his friend's house via rickshaw and the friend and his brother took him to Aga Khan Hospital. The doctors performed several tests. Doctors said he should be admitted to the hospital as the injection he received may cause an infection. Jamal declined, fearing the men would return.

Following this ordeal, Jamal fell ill. His left side is still numb. He feels emotionally disturbed and his memory is affected. He has trouble sleeping. "I think my life is ruined now." He feels he can't continue his studies, nor can he stay at home, nor can he go out for work. He's afraid he will be treated like the others who are abducted--tortured and dumped at roadsides. The fear is with him all the time.

Jamal Baloch's statement: I appeal to the United Nations, Amnesty International, the Arab League, the European Nation and other human rights organizations to take note: a student like me has been abducted and tortured. There are thousands of other innocent young students in Balochistan who are also missing, being brutally tortured and killed. No one is drawing attention to all these inhumane activities of the Pakistani army.

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Additional reading:

From The BalochHal, Oct 22, 2010 Two more bullet-riddled bodies recovered in Balochistan

From BalochWarna, Oct 4, 2010 Balochistan: 21 missing persons killed in identical fashion

From BalochWarna, Oct 4, 2010 BRP Gawader zone Ex-president abducted by Pakistan Intelligence Agencies

From BalochWarna, Oct 2, 2010 Several Baloch arrested and disappeared, including two members of BSO-azaad

From The Baloch Hal, Sep 25, 2010 Another bullet riddled dead body of Baloch lawyer found

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Partial list of Baloch killed in 2010:

Name, Date, Place

01 Ali Dost Baloch 15 January 2010 Khuzdar

02 Saddam Baloch 15 January 2010 Khuzdar

03 Ameer Bux Langov 28 February 2010 Mastung

04 Sikandar Baloch 02 March 2010 Khuzdar

05 Junaid Baloch 02 March 2010 Khuzdar

06 Warna Majeed 17 March 2010 Quetta

07 Mukhtar Baloch 01 May 2010 Mashkey

08 Asif Baloch 01 May 2010 Mashkey

09 Beebagr Baloch 11 June 2010 Khuzdar

10 Qadeer Baloch 25 June 2010 Turbat

11 Faiz Baloch 20 July 2010 Mastung

12 Najeeb Baloch 20 July 2010 Quetta

13 Yusuf Marri 24 July 2010 Quetta

14 Farooq Mengal 26 July 2010 Quetta

15 Ashfaq Mullazai 26 July 2010 Quetta

16 Gulaam Qadir Pirkani 06 August 2010 Quetta

17 Bahaar Bangulzai 06 August 2010 Quetta

18 Nazeer Bangulzai 07 August 2010 Quetta

19 Hakeem Baloch 11 August 2010 Mand

20 Shahjan Baloch 13 August 2010 Quetta

21 Zohaib Rodini 14 August 2010 Khuzdar

22 Khan Muhamad Baloch 14 August 2010 Khuzdar

23 Muhammad Hussain Baloch 16 August 2010 Panjgur

24 Nadir Gichki 18 August 2010 Tump

25 Raheem Bux Baloch 19 August 2010 Turbat

26 Gulaam Nabi Baloch 21 August 2010 Quetta

27 Ghazi Khosa 26 August 2010 Bostan

28 Advocate Zamaan Marri 06 September 2010 Mastung

29 Asadullah Baloch 08 September 2010 Quetta

30 Ali Marri 13 September 2010 Mastung

31 Advocate Ali Sher 24 September 2010 Khuzdar

32 Zahoor Bangulzai 22 October 2010 Mastung

33 Faqeer Muhammad Shahwani 22 October 2010 Mastung

34 Majeed Zehri 24 October 2010 Khuzdar

35 Asim Baloch 31 October 2010 Khanozai

36 Fida Baloch 04 November 2010 Tump

37 Babul Baloch 09 November 2010 Quetta

38 Asmatullah Sarparah 17 November 2010 Mastung

39 Basheer Lehri 17 November 2010 Mastung

40 Sami Baloch 17 November 2010 Khuzdar

41 Hamid Ismail Baloch 18 November 2010 Turbat

42 Lala Hameed (Hayatan) Baloch 18 November 2010 Turbat

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