U.S. asked to explain why it is training Islamist Frontier Corps in Balochistan
A leader of an American organization working for an independent Balochistan has asked the State Department to explain why U.S. Marines were still training the dreaded Frontier Corps which is killing Baloch patriots extra judicially in Texas-sized Balochistan in southwest Asia.
Rallies in London, Karachi and Quetta protest Baloch missing persons
The families of several illegally detained Baloch persons are continuing their token hunger strike protests in Karachi and Quetta.
Judiciary, parliament silent on Baloch issues
In an exclusive interview with the Sanaullah Baloch, Viewpoint spoke about the Balochistan imbroglio and possibilities of rapprochement with Islamabad.
93 Suspects Detained in Quetta
QUETTA: Quetta police rounded up 93 suspects for their alleged involvement in different crimes, including opening fire on police and kidnappings for ransom, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Operations), Hamid Shakil told reporters while addressing a news conference on Sunday.
CAMPACC launches briefings on "˜terrorist' bans
London: UK bans on organisations deter people from speaking out about injustices in their homelands by prohibiting expressions of solidarity with groups deemed to be "terrorists". These bans make the UK government complicit with oppressive regimes overseas. New briefing papers explain what this means for four communities- Kurds, Tamils, Baluch and Basques. Produced by CAMPACC in close collaboration with the four communities, the papers put the case for challenging the bans, for lifting them and thus for decriminalising migrant communities here.
Press release by Mehran Baluch, Baloch representative to the UNHRC
Geneva: Mehran Baluch, the Baloch representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, has expressed his deep concerns over Human Rights Watch's recent report.
ICFPD Conference on the role of the state: Democracy, Dictatorship and Extremism
ICFPD hosted a full day discourse on the questions of extremism, terrorism, and conflicts that have plagued South Asia and the neighbouring areas for decades. ICFPD invited the best minds to investigate and examine the correlation between state politics, extremism, and terrorism.
On WikiLeaks, India, Pakistan and a partisan media
Reading through some of the WikiLeaks cables, I have been struck by how easy it might be to take the fragmentary and often outdated information contained in them and make a case to support either side of the India-Pakistan divide. Now it turns out someone did, but without even the support of the underlying cables, according to this version of Pakistani media reports by the Pakistan blog Cafe Pyala of alleged Indian skulduggery, including in Baluchistan.
US urged to involve main Baloch stakeholders not Pak Army in Balochistan issue
The main reason we are here today is the very dangerous policy of appeasement being carried out by the U.S. administration with regards to Pakistan military and infamous Inter-Services Intelligence as bared by the latest revelations in WikiLeaks
After two uncles, Mengal's two cousins killed by Pakistan military
Pakistan home minister Rehman Malik called the victims "terrorists" and the Baloch Hal webzine reported "mysterious" blasts from the home in Turbat, but local human rights groups said the Pakistan army had bombarded the house of an uncle of a former Balochistan chief minister and razed it to the ground in full view of the public.
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