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May 28, 2011 BHRC (Canada) and IVBMP (Canada) Protests against Pakistan's Nukes in Toronto and Vancouver

Toronto Baloch protest Pakistani nukes and human rights abuses

BHRC (Canada) and IVBMP (Canada) Protests against Pakistan's Nukes in Toronto and Vancouver

Toronto, May 27, 2011 - Toronto and Vancouver chapters of Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) staged demonstrations in front of the U.S. Consulates today to protest the 13th anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests in Balochistan back in 1998. In a press statement released from the BHRC's central office in Toronto, the organization's leaders declared the N-tests a black day in the history of Baloch nation and a threat to world peace.

The demonstrations held in Toronto and Vancouver, the two major cities of Canada, were jointly organized by Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada), International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (IVBMP), and the International Centre for Peace and Democracy (ICFPD). The participants in the demonstration came from all walks of life, particular the Baloch Diaspora, Kashmiris, Sindhis, and the progressive and secular elements in society. Read more . . .

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USA: Protest against nuclear blasts on Baloch soil by Pakistan in 1998

HOUSTON, MAY 27, 2011: Sindhis and Baloch, who are Americans, on Friday protested in front of the Pakistan consul-general in Houston to condemn Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, Islamabad's support to terrorist outfits and state terrorism against people of Balochistan and Sindh.

The noisy protest that was held on Jones Road asked the U.S. government to cut all aid to Pakistan because of its ongoing human rights violations in Balochistan and Sindh. The protest was organized by the World Sindhi Congress and American Friends of Balochistan, They raised slogans demanding an end to the killings in Balochistan and Sindh, against Pakistan's state terrorism against Sindhi and Baloch patriots and nationalists and sponsoring of terrorist organizations. Read more . . .