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ذاکر مجید عدم بازیابی: کراچی پریس کلب کے سامنے احتجاجی کیمپ کا انعقاد کیا گیا

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کوئٹہ (سنگر نیوز) بی ایس او آزاد کی مرکزی کال پر تنظی کے سابقہ وائس چیئرمین زاکر مجید بلوچ کی اغواء نما گرفتاری کو 7سال کا طویل عرصہ مکمل ہونے اور ان کی عدم بازیابی کے خلاف آج کراچی پریس کلب کے سامنے یک روزہ احتجاجی کیمپ کا انعقاد کیا گیا۔ جس میں بی ایس او آزادکے کارکنان اور بلوچ عوام سمیت انسانی حقوق کے تنظیموں کی کارکنوں نے شرکت کی۔

سول سوسائٹی کے کارکنان نے بی ایس او آزاد سے اظہار یکجہتی کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ بلوچستان میں طلباء کی گمشدگی و ان کے لاشوں کی برآمدگی جمہوری سیاست کو ناممکن بنا رہے ہیں۔

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Pakistan may not be serious enough to end the enforced disappearances

The administration of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been keeping mum over the fate of missing persons in Balochistan. This has forced the families of the victims to cover more than 750 kilometers, all the way from Quetta to Karachi on foot to get their voices heard.
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پاؤں زخمی سہی ڈگمگاتے چلو

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بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، گڈانی بلوچستان

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کراچی سے کوئٹہ جانے والی سڑک پر ایک بچہ ٹرالی لیے چلا جا رہا ہے، اس ٹرالی میں پانی کی بوتلیں، کلر سپرے، تصاویر اور ایک سپیکر موجود ہے جبکہ آٹھ خواتین سمیت دو درجن کے قریب افراد اس کے پیچھے آ رہے ہیں۔

تپتی سڑک، بدلتے موسم کی ہوائیں اور ساڑھے سات سو کلو میٹر کا طویل پیدل سفر۔ کون ماں خوشی سے دس سال کے بیٹے کو اس سفر پر روانہ کرسکتی ہے؟ لیکن حیدر علی نے اس سفر اور اس ٹرالی کو اپنی ذمہ داری سمجھ کر قبول کیا۔

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VBMP Long March: Quetta protesters finally near Karachi after 24-day march

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QUETTA: Long march protesters led by relatives of missing Baloch persons reached industrial town of Hub, a township sharing a border with Karachi, after travelling 667 kilometres on foot from Quetta.

It has been 24 days since women and children – whose loved ones have been missing for years – began walking on the RCD highway.
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The Long March for the recovery of missing persons enters its 20th day after 600 kilometres

Statement by: Asian Human Rights Commission

Many participants have suffered bruised and blistered feet but have not been provided with any medical treatment…..their bleeding wounds have been wrapped with nothing more than pieces of cloth

Farzana Majeed's blistered feet

Farzana Majeed’s blistered feet

The 730-kilometers Long March of the family members of the disappeared persons from Balochistan has covered more than 600 kilometers and entered its 20th day. The Long March starts each day at 6 am and ends at 6 pm, covering an average of more than 20 kilometers each day. Many participants have suffered bruised and blistered feet but have not been provided with any medical treatment even though some of them can only walk with the aid of sticks. Their bleeding wounds have wrapped with nothing more than pieces of cloth. No philanthropist organizations or individuals have provided ambulances despite several requests from the protesters.
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“No Ordinary Long March”: On the Long March for Baloch Rights

Mir Muhammad Ali TalpurA protest long march of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) led by Mama Qadir Reki, vice chairman of VBMP, with as many as 20 families, including women and children, carrying placards, photographs of missing persons and banners inscribed with slogans in support of their demands started their journey from Quetta Press Club on Sunday 27th; it will culminate with a sit-in at Karachi Press Club. Many relatives even fear protesting in fear of further retribution. This isn’t a march to secure justice because the relatives of missing and dead had sought all avenues but were let down by all including the Supreme Court (SC) which has been long on rhetoric and miserably short on action. This 700 plus kilometer journey which the relatives of the missing and dead have undertaken is to highlight the injustices to Baloch people. The agencies, the army and Frontier Corps (FC) naturally couldn’t be expected to provide justice because even the most partial SC reluctantly admits that these are responsible for the missing and the mutilated dead. The civil society is expected to stand up for human rights violation but their enthusiasm regarding missing Baloch persons is quite uninspiring.

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Enforced disappearances in Balochistan, Sindh discussed

Author of ‘The Baloch who is not missing and others who are’ Mohammed Hanif speaking at the event organized by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan at the Arts Council on Wednesday evening.—White Star

Author of ‘The Baloch who is not missing and others who are’ Mohammed Hanif speaking at the event organized by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan at the Arts Council on Wednesday evening.—White Star

by Peerzada Salman

KARACHI: Speakers highlighted the issues related to the missing Baloch persons with reference to writer Mohammed Hanif’s book ‘The Baloch who is not missing and others who are’ at an event organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) at the Arts Council on Wednesday evening.

The programme began with the screening of a BBC documentary on the subject.

بہت بڑے مسئلے پر چھوٹی سی کتاب

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For the Baloch who are missing and others who will be too

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I cried for days when my cat died. But I was better off than my little cousin whose dog got kidnapped.

We still wonder if Toffee, who came as a puppy 13 years ago, is alive. We wonder if she is given food on time. If she is safe.  Whenever she comes to mind, in our hearts we hope that she died too.

Think about how you feel when your child gets late from school and you don’t know where your baby is, think about how you feel when you lose a pet, and then imagine what families of missing persons go through, Muhammad Hanif said at a session for Baloch missing persons at the Karachi Literature Festival two weeks ago.

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The BALOCH who is not MISSING & others who are – Mohammed Hanif

The Baloch who is not missing & others who are

Since 2005, the Human Rights Commission has been paying special attention to the increasingly alarming human rights situation in Balochistan. The Commission has organized four fact-finding missions to the province, the reports of which have been widely disseminated. A special desk on missing persons has also been set up in Quetta that maintains data on enforced disappearances and killings.

However, it was after reading Mohammed Hanif’s account of his meeting with Qadeer Baloch in Dawn that the idea of a book came to me. Hanif’s conversation with Qadeer Baloch about the disappearance and killing of his son, Jaleel Reiki, was moving – and disturbing – in a way that statistics can never be. I knew that if HRCP were to publish a book about the missing in Balochistan, Hanif would be the writer to put the stories together. He was quick to agree and joined HRCP’s fact-finding mission to Balochistan in May 2012.

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بلوچ لاپتہ افراد : ایک روح شکن کہانی (حصہ اول) تبصرہ : میر محمد علی ٹالپر ترجمہ: لطیف بلیدی

لوگ ان مظالم کو عدم دلچسپی کیساتھ دیکھتے ہیں کیونکہ لاپتہ اور ہلاک کیے گئے بلوچوں کو محض ایک شماریاتی حیثیت دیکر خارج البلد کردیا گیا ہے

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بلوچ لاپتہ افراد اور ان کے تباہ حال رشتہ داروں کی خاموش اور دکھ بھری پکار انسانیت کی روح کو ریزہ ریزہ کرنے کیلئے کافی زوردار ہے، لیکن بظاہر یہاں کے مرکزی دھارے کے معاشرے اور میڈیا پر اسکا کوئی اثر نہیں پڑ رہا، دونوں اس دکھ بھری پکار پر بہرے ہیں۔ جو کچھ بلوچستان میں ہو رہا ہے، اسے معاشرہ اور میڈیا بڑی حد تک یا تو دیکھے سے انکاری ہیں یا ان مظالم کو صحیح قرار دینے کیلئے جواز پیش کرنے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں۔ تمام ریاستی ادارے اس جرم کے ارتکاب میں معاون اور آمادہ ہیں، اور انہوں نے متاثرہ افراد کو اپنے درد کا اظہار کرنے کیلئے اپنی زندگی اور اعضاءکا خطرہ مول لینے کیلئے مجبور کر رکھا ہے۔ یہ کوئی حیرت کی بات نہیں ہے کہ 10 فروری کو کراچی میں ایک بڑی بلوچ ریلی نے بینرز اور پلے کارڈز اٹھائے ہوئے تھے اور آزادی کا مطالبہ کر رہے تھے۔ انہوں نے آزاد بلوچستان کا ایک بڑا پرچم بھی اٹھا رکھا تھا، یہ جان کر کہ کینہ پرور پاکستانی ریاست ان لوگوں کو بھی سزا دیتی ہے جو اغواءکیے گئے لوگوں کی لاشیں وصول کرنے جاتے ہیں۔ گُلّے، بہار خان پیردادانی کے بیٹے نے اپنے رشتہ داروں، جبری طور پر غائب کیے گئے دو بھائی اور میرے سابقہ شاگرد محمد خان اور محمد نبی کی لاشیں وصول کی تھیں، 15 اگست، 2012ءکے بعد سے لاپتہ ہے۔ ریاست ان لوگوں کیلئے ایک مناسب تدفین بھی نہیں چاہتی جن کو وہ مار دیتی ہے۔

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