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Baluch In Zahedan Hold Anti-Regime Protests For 37th Consecutive Week

A protester holds a placard that reads “Negligence, Bullets, Execution is the share of Baluch people in Iran” during Friday prayers in the city of Zahedan on June 16, 2023.

The people of Zahedan from the Baluch Sunni minority in southeastern Iran once again on Friday protested against political repression and the execution of citizens.

Images on social media show people holding placards bearing slogans on the 36th consecutive Friday of protests against the Islamic Republic.

“Negligence, Bullets, Execution, the Share of Baluch People in Iran,” read one of the placards. Another placard read, “Oppressed Baluchistan stands tall against monarchy and theocracy”

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Mother Of Zakir Majeed Baloch Appeals For Protest On June 8

Zakir Majeed Baloch’s mother has said that her son was forcibly abducted on June 8, 2009, by Pakistani law enforcement agencies, and is still missing.

She said an upcoming seminar will be held in Quetta on June 8 while a one-day protest camp organized by his family members in front of the Karachi Press Club, for which all schools of thought, including students, are invited.

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Protests Continue Against Maahal Baloch’s Extrajudicial Arrest

Protest at Turbat (Kech) against Maahal Baloch’s extrajudicial arrest

A protest rally was held by students and citizens in Turbat against the forced disappearance of Maahal Baloch from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, and her subsequent arrest in various cases.

A large number of women, students, and citizens took out a protest rally from Govt. Atta Shad Degree College Turbat to Fida Shaheed Chowk in Tehsil Turbat of Kech district in Balochistan on Monday.

Protesters carried placards and photographs of Maahal and condemned the filing of false cases against her, claiming that the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had previously named people in many such cases that were later proven to be false.

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What happened Jan 15, 2010 in Khuzdar?

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jan15-2010-khuzdar-18Throughout history Baloch nation have faced all sort of atrocity by the hands of Pakistani and Iranian occupying forces. Year 2010 saw a new surge in the aggressive killing of a nation who asks for its birthright to a nationhood which is guaranteed by UN charter and signature by the whole international community.

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Black Friday in Zahedan: Dozens of Dead, Hundreds of Injured

Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchistan province, suffered a bloody Friday on September 30. For several days, the province has been the scene of protests over the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a police chief in Chabahar.

Despite widespread protests, Iranian government officials have resisted yielding to any of the protesters’ demands. On the contrary, it is clear from the videos published on social networks that on September 30, when people gathered for Friday prayers in Zahedan mosque and demanded the punishment of the offender, they were targeted by the full might of the security and military forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The videos show local people gathering in front of the police station, where their protest was met by security forces shooting at them from inside the station house and from a circling helicopter.

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Toronto Protest Rally Highlights Pakistani Atrocities, Forced Disappearances

Sindhi, Baloch & Pashtun Activists Criticize Islamabad on Human Rights & Floods

Toronto, September 17, 2022: Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada, World Sindhi Congress, and Pashtun Council of Canada jointly hosted a protest rally held at Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, as part of an awareness campaign on Pakistani state atrocities, cultural genocide, and enforced disappearances of civilians in Sindh, Balochistan, and Pakhtunkhwa.

Speakers strongly criticized Islamabad’s policies of deliberately drowning Sindh, Balochistan, and Pakhtunkhwa in floods caused by the monsoon rains and climate change. A large number of rights activists from various walks of life attended the protest rally and expressed their thoughts on the dismal state of human rights in Pakistan.

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What happened Jan 15, 2010 in Khuzdar?

 

Throughout history Baloch nation have faced all sort of atrocity by the hands of Pakistani and Iranian occupying forces. Year 2010 saw a new surge in the aggressive killing of a nation who asks for its birthright to a nationhood which is guaranteed by UN charter and signature by the whole international community.

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What happened Jan 15, 2010 in Khuzdar?

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Baloch, Sindhis Protest Pakistani Atrocities and War Crimes at UN, New York

New York, Sept 21 – Baloch National Movement (BNM) and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) held a joint protest rally outside the UN Headquarters in New York to highlight the gross human rights violations in Sindh and Balochistan. On the occasion of the 72nd UNGA meeting in New York; Baloch and Sindhi activists campaigning for sovereignty of their lands, cultural identity and freedom of thought – gathered to jointly raise their voice against extreme forms of Pakistani military operations, enforced disappearances, torture and mass killings of civilians.

Addressing the media, Nabi Bakhsh Baloch, Secretary General, BNM-North America stated that the ongoing month-long Pakistani military operation in the Kolwah area of Balochistan has resulted in fatalities while a large number of residents were taken away by the soldiers who also set fire to their homes and properties. “For the record”, Mr. Baloch said, “This scenario is not about Myanmar or Rohingya Muslims but Balochistan where Pakistan’s Islamic Army is committing genocide against its own Muslim population.

Memorandum sent to His Excellency Honorable Antonio Guterres

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Throughout history Baloch nation have faced all sort of atrocity by the hands of Pakistani and Iranian occupying forces. Year 2010 saw a new surge in the aggressive killing of a nation who asks for its birthright to a nationhood which is guaranteed by UN charter and signature by the whole international community.

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