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A policeman shot and killed in Quetta.
Policeman shot and killed in Quetta Unidentified motorcyclists shot and killed a policeman in Hudda area on Wednesday in Quetta.
Constable Muhammad Yosouf was attending to some personal work in the area when two armed assailants opened fire at him with automatic weapons.
He received multiple shots to his head as a result he died on the spot.
Bevragh Baloch spokesman for the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack, while talking to newsmen via satellite phone from an undisclosed location, he has been active in kidnapping and torturing innocent Baloch, therefore BLA fighters targeted him. He said 25.12.08
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A Baloch journalist reveals he was tortured in prison by Pakistani secret services agencies
Reporters Without Borders today voiced its outrage at torture inflicted on Javid Lehri, of the Urdu-language Daily Azadi during the nine months he was imprisoned in Quetta, Balochistan .
The journalist was snatched by around 20 military intelligence agents from his student hall of residence in Kuzdar district on 29 November 2007 probably for publishing articles that were highly critical of the government.
Speaking for the first time about his ordeal, Lehri said in an interview with the Daily Times, “It took me three months to realise that I was being held in a detention centre close to Quetta. My tiny cell was always completely dark”.
During the first three days of his detention, Lehri was hung by his feet and beaten. His jailers then chained him up and tortured him. “The torture was so unbearable that I prayed for death,” he said in the interview. “I hoped I could find some object in my cell that I could use to commit suicide with”, he admitted.
He was asked where the name Azadi (liberation in Urdu) came from. The journalist said the secret service agents wanted to know “what kind of liberation” his newspaper was fighting for and demanded that the name be changed.
“I told them that I only worked for the newspaper as a correspondent and that I could not change either its name or its editorial line. They wouldn’t believe me and continued to beat me,” he said.
Since his release, on 22 August 2008, Lehri has suffered from insomnia, depression and digestive problems. He has to travel from his home district in Balochistan to Karachi for treatment every two weeks.
“I cannot afford to take the treatment I need. I often have nightmares because I am still receiving threatening phone calls on my mobile phone warning me against talking about what happened to me in prison”, he said.
“The conflict between government forces and separatist movements ravaging Baluchistan has been devastating for the region’s journalists”, the worldwide press freedom organisation said. “This arrest was in fact illegal and constitutes an offence against the rule of law. The terrifying account given by Javid Lehri, who was kidnapped and tortured for political reasons, should prompt the central government to open an early investigation so that those guilty of these vicious acts can be punished,” the organisation added.
Lehri’s account was distressing similar to that of Munir Mengal, who was arrested on the orders of former president, Pervez Musharraf, on 4 April 2006 and held secretly on his orders for 22 months by police and military intelligence for having founded the satellite television Baloch Voice. 24.12.08
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A complete shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed in all over Balochistan
A complete shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed in all over Balochistan on Friday against ongoing military operation. The strike was observed on a call by the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) and other Baloch nationalist parties. all business establishments shopping centres, plazas, and markets remained closed in Quetta and all over Balochistan.
According to sources all kind of business activities remained suspended in Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar, Sibi, Dera Allahyar, Dera Murad Jamali, Mach, Noshki, Dalbandin, Wadah, Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Dhadhar, Turbat, Pasni, Gwadar and Hub.
While a government official was killed and a pro-administration tribesman’s house attacked in Dera Bugti..
Meanwhile in Dera Bugti, the government official, Ghulam Rasool, died when his motorcycle hit a landmine. In another incident, unidentified assailants fired two rockets at a pro-government tribal elder’s house. The house was completely destroyed in the attack 20.12.08
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Two Baloch national traitors killed in Dera Bugti and Sui
Attacks on Baloch national traitors in Dera Bugti and Sui areas by Baloch freedom fighters, as a result Meva khan bugti and Wadera Hanif Bugti were killed with their bodyguards.
Baloch Republican army killed Mewa Khan bugti in a bomb blast along with his bodyguard in Dera bugti.
According to sources Mewa Khan Bugti a former commander with his bodyguard were killed in a remote controlled explosion in Dera Bugti.
His nephew also injured in the attack, however it is not confirmed yet if he survived. Meanwhile Baloch freedom fighters killed another traitor with his security guard in Dera Bugti.
Wadera Hanif Khan Bugti with his bodyguard was on his way to sui from Dera Bugti when Baloch freedom fighters opened fire on his vehicle. In a result Wadera Hanif khan with his bodyguard died on the spot.
Sarbaz Baloch Spokesman of BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility of the both attacks via phone from undisclosed location. 15.12.08
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Protests at Baloch terror trial, Drop all charges against Marri and Baluch
Stop abusing the anti-terror laws
Human rights campaigners are not terrorists
London - 1 December 2008
On Monday 1 December, the Baloch 'terrorism' trial resumed in London. Friends and supporters of the defendants, Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch, staged a protest outside the court, calling for the trial to be halted and the charges dropped.
Photos of the protests are available to view and download for publication here:
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Although the police and court officials were needlessly bullying, forcing the protesters to leave the court grounds, the supporters of the defendants made their point and were seen by court staff and by everyone who came to the court and who passed by it.
The Balochistan human rights campaigners Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch are being prosecuted on terrorism charges, which are widely believed to have been concocted by Pakistani intelligence.
Monday's protest was supported by Baloch and Sindhi rights campaigners from Pakistan and by members of CAMPACC, the UK Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, which opposes abuses of the anti-terror laws.
Mr Marri and Mr Baluch are represented in court by two of the UK's leading human rights barristers, Henry Blaxland QC and Dame Helena Kennedy QC.
Mr Marri is a former MP and government minister in the regional assembly of Balochistan - a previously independent state, which was invaded and annexed by Pakistan in 1948, and which has ever since been under illegal Pakistani military occupation. Mr Baluch is his campaign assistant.
"The Pakistan High Commissioner, speaking on behalf of the new democratic government of Pakistan, says his government wants reconciliation in Baluchistan and opposes the prosecution, effectively calling for the charges to be dropped," says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who helped coordinate Monday's protest.
"The trial is another abuse of the anti-terror laws, whereby legitimate human rights campaigners end up on trial.
"It appears that the UK government has been blackmailed into arresting these men and harassing other Baloch exiles and refugees. It is reported that Pakistan's military and intelligence services have threatened to end all cooperation with the UK government in the "war on terror" unless critics of its war in Balochistan are silenced and jailed. That is probably why Marri and Baluch are on trial.
"The UK authorities seem to have decided these men are expendable for the sake of the 'greater good' of tackling terrorism by maintaining close relations with the Pakistani military and intelligence services.
"Marri and Baluch have campaigned for self-determination for Balochistan and helped expose Pakistan's annexation and oppression of the Baloch nation. They are defending their people against military oppression and economic exploitation. Pakistani military chiefs want them prosecuted because they have been such effective campaigners, exposing to the world Islamabad's tyranny in Balochistan.
"For nine years, the UK's Labour government aided and abetted the illegal dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf, selling him military equipment that was used to prosecute Pakistan's illegal war in Balochistan - a war that has involved the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity and which has been strongly condemned by international human rights groups," said Mr Tatchell.
Further information: Peter Tatchell - 020 7403 1790 04.12.08
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Selig Harrison shames Americans for arms supplies to Pakistan
By Ahmar Mustikhan,
Freelance Journalist Glowing tributes were paid to Nawabzada Bala'ach Marri at a meeting at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon. The victim's brother Hairbiyar Marri and Faiz Baloch face jail in the U.K. for trying to organize Baluch resistance against military brutalities.
WASHINGTON DC: Glowing tributes were paid to the Shaheed-i-Baluchistan Nawabzada Bala'ach Marri at a meeting in downtown Washington DC Saturday afternoon.
Baluch activist Nabi Baloch, who became close to the Baluch Che Guevra after meeting him in London in 2001, said Marri had shunned worldly comforts to adopt the path of struggle so that the Baluch people could live their life in freedom.
“He could have gotten the chief ministership or the governorship handed to him on a silver platter,” Baloch said at the Busboys and Poets memorial meeting organized by the American Friends of Baluchistan. He said the the slain leader and his father, legendary Baluch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, had for decades challenged the Pakistan army injustices in Baluchistan.
On th occasion, the A.F.B. demanded a Congressional Fact Finding Mission to Baluchistan.
Selig S. Harrison, Asia Director of the DC-based Center for International Policy, in his message to the American Friends of Baluchistan, said, “Americans should be ashamed that U.S. military equipment supplied to Pakistan in the name of the “war on terror” has been blatantly diverted and misused to inflict widespread human rights atrocities on ethnic minorities fighting for their legitimate rights.”
Harrison, who could not attend the meeting because of his wife's sickness, congratulated the A.F.B. for commemorating Marri's passing, and said the struggle of the Baluch people for their rights in the face of repression bu successive regimes that have been directly, or indirectly, controlled, by the armed forces, deserves the admiration and support of the United States and the international community.
The Baluch in Texas-sized Baluchistan province in southwest Pakistan have repeatedly risen up in arms against the annexation of their land in March 1948—seven and half months after the British left India divided in August 1947.
“Bala'ach Marri personified this struggle with his courageous leadership of Baluch resistance forces against the might of the Musharraf regime's U.S.-supported Army and Air Force,” the U.S. scholar said.
Harrison, in an oblique reference to friction in the Baluch nationalist movement, said to the extent that Baluch leaders are able to cooperate and resolve their internecine factional and personal conflicts, the Baluch movement will merit the respect and support of the international community, adding he will continue his own efforts to help build that support.
Personal rivalry was a major contributing factor in the Baluch losing their statehood in March 1948 and remains a bane of Baluch politics to this day. The De Jure Ruler of Baluchistan, Khan of Kalat Beglar Begi [Prince among Princes] Suleman Khan Ahmedzai appeal for asylum is still pending in a U.K., while Nawabzada Hairbiyar Marri, a brother of the slain leader, faces a terror trial in the U.K. for trying to repulse the Pakistan army. But the two are not on talking terms.
“Bala'ach symbolized a Baluch national movement that has been led with remarkable determination for five decades by his father Khair Bux, Attaullah Mengal and other Baluch patriots. This movement will undoubtedly be broadened and deepened in the years ahead as part of the larger unfinished struggle of all the ethnic minorities to win justice in Pakistan,” Harrison said.
Baluch nationalists say historically they had no truck with Pakistan, as the word itself was coined barely 70 years ago while Baluchistan, or the land of the Baluch, has a history of many centuries. Marri and his father Nawab Marri have long demanded the Baluch right to self determination.
London-based human rights activist Peter Tatchell, in his message, said Baluchistan is where Pakistan is waging a war against the Baluch people – a war that has been condemned for its widespread human rights abuses by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
"For 60 years, Baluchistan has been under military occupation and its people crushed by five bloody wars launched by Islamabad,” Tatchell said. He said Pakistan's illegal war in Baluchistan is a war that has involved the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
“We remember with pride and honor Bala'ach Marri and all those people who have sacrificed their lives in the cause of justice and freedom. Their courage and ideals live on, in the hearts of all people who seek a better, fairer world,” Tatchell said.
He added, “Freedom for all nations and peoples struggling for their liberation from tyranny. Their victory has been long delayed, but it can not be denied.”
Iqbal Tareen, coordinator of the Forum for Justice and Democracy in Pakistan, recalled the humble beginnings of the Pakistan army and its growth into a virtual empire that dominates all facets of Pakistan society. “The army today owns one-third of the national assets, from gas stations to sugar mills,” he said.
But he said the most ominous aspect of politics in Pakistan was the shadowy political wing of the Inter Services Intelligence who are in plainclothes and answerable to none.
Fauzia Deeba, an activist of the World Sindhi Institute, said the question of Baluchistan was basically a human rights question where Baluchistan is one of the richest lands in the world, but its people live in abject poverty.
“I saw a family in Baluchistan which had just one bag of dates to survive the entire year,” Deeba said. "The elders were not letting children play as the kids would then feel exhausted and demand food.”
Baluchistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates anywhere in the world.
In conclusion, the A.F.B. hoped the new Obama administration would undo the wrongs done to Baluchistan by successive U.S. administrations.
“The first baby step is to send a high-level Congressional Fact Finding Mission to investigate the killing, tortures, the case of 900 missing Baluch, the loot and plunder of Baluchistan resources over the last 60 years, the forcible annexation of Baluchistan in March 1948 and the horrific nuclear tests of may 1998 that left thousands of Baluch lands destroyed,” the A.F.B. said.
In an oblique reference to the I.S.I. role in the Mumbai mayhem, the A.F.B. said, “Whether it is the Deccan Mujahideen, Kashmir Mujahideen or Afghan Mujahideen, the source of these jihads are one. Whether it is Mumbai on November 26, 2008 or Sarlath in Baluchistan on November 20, 2007 and whether it is Nawabzada Bala'ach Marri or the more than 150 people killed in the Mumbai mayhem, there is enough evidence against Pakistan's I.S.I.”
The A.F.B. said the victims of terrorism in Mumbai included Hindus, Jews, Christians and Muslims and they were all brothers and sisters of the secular Baluch people “because we are all humans.”
The A.F.B. said it considers President Asif Ali Zardari blood and bone of the Baluch nation, but the I.S.I. and army G.H.Q. would never allow him to make peace with the Baluch or India. “There was almost a coup last July when an executive order was issued to put the I.S.I. under civilian control,” Mustikhan recalled.
Meanwhile, the A.F.B. chided the British authorities for the terror trial of Nawabzada Hairbiyar Marri and Mr. Faiz Baloch and said the only sin of the two was to defend Baluch rights against the onslaught of the Pakistan army – the fourth largest in the world and one armed with nuclear weapons.
“President Zardari has publicly apologized to the Baluch people and the new government in Islamabad has clearly said the cases against Marri and Baloch were politically motivated. The continued prosecution of the two violates the principles of fair play and simply defies human logic,” the A.F.B. said.
Peter Tatchell has organized a protest rally on Monday at Woolwich Crown Court, to show the British government, police and public that people care about the fate of Marri and Baloch. Tatchell has requested all people who believe in fairplay and justice to defend Balochistan and oppose this miscarriage of justice.
Court address and directions:
Woolwich Crown Court
2 Belmarsh Road
London SE28 0EY
020 8312 7000 02.12.08
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BLA denies getting foreign assistance
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), on Friday refuted media reports quoting Islamabad-based state intelligence agencies that it is getting external assistance for its operations in Balochistan.
Talking to Daily Times, Bevragh Baloch, the BLA chief spokesman, said his organisation did not get any external support from the neighbouring states, as reported in the media while quoting the Islamabad-based intelligence sources.
However, the BLA would delightedly accept any kind of help offered to it by countries that sympathise with the Baloch people in their struggle for 'independence', he said.
"We have not been very lucky in terms of getting external support like Islamabad. But we welcome such support from friends of the Baloch people as we await such assistance. If Pakistan can misuse the external assistance it gets for fighting terrorism to crush the Baloch then what is wrong if we operate with the help of similar assistance," he said, adding that if the Baloch had really been getting external support, they would not have been vulnerable to attacks by the army and other security forces. 2911.08
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A major army operation in Dera Bugti areas
Paksitani brutal army backed with latest American aid weapons and helicopters began a massive Operation in Dera bugti on Monday. More than 500 huts were set on fire. 70 farmers and shepherds were arrested and taken to army garrison
According to Mr. Sher Mohammed district president of BRP. 5 innocent Baloch martyred early hours of Monday when they were offering morning Salah in Mosque. The martyred are Sori S/O Marzian, Gul Mohmmad S/o Peer mohammed, Molavi Bari S/o Peer mohammed, Duro and Aouran. More than 35 innocnet baloch were injured. Said Sher mohammad.
The wheat and valuable of innocent and poor farmers were torched and looted in Rasal, Khanodor, ganja Matt, Meerag and Nelagh areas of Dera Bugti. Thousands Baloch women and children are left without shelter in this cold weather in the area after there houses were torched by brutal Pakistani army. He said while talking to the media.
The operatin still continues in Dera Bugti and surrounding areas. More reports are awaiting. 25.11.08
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TV interview with Baloch rights campaigner, Mehran Baluch
Baloch representative at the UN Human Rights Council
Balochistan freedom struggle - Pakistan colludes with Taliban
London – 24 November 2008
You can watch the programme here: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15574249Ka8gKRt6
In the light of the current terrorism trial in London of Baloch human rights campaigners Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch, you may be interested to watch this online TV interview with Mehran Baluch, the Baloch representative at the UN Human Rights
Council. Mehran is the brother of Hyrbyair Marri, who is on trial in London.
The interview discusses the Baloch people’s struggle for liberation from Pakistani military occupation and oppression.
It was conducted by British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell last year, while the Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf was still in power. The interview was recorded and first broadcast on 3 July 2007, as part of the Talking With Tatchell online TV current affairs series.
Background to the current situation in Balochistan:
Pakistan invaded and annexed the newly-independent state of Balochistan in 1948. But the Baloch people have never given up their struggle for self-rule.
After six decades of occupation and bloody repression, and despite the new democratic government in Islamabad, the Pakistan military continues to wage war against the people of Balochistan, detaining without trial thousands of Balochs and resorting to torture, detention without trial, disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
Because Britain and the United States want Pakistan as an ally in their so-called “war on terror” they armed Pakistan and have acquiesced with its suppression of the Baloch people.
Pakistan’s war against non-fundamentalist Balochistan and its moderate nationalist forces has strengthened the position of the Taliban who have exploited the situation to establish bases in the region. From these bases, they launch terror attacks against the Baloch people and seek to enforce the Talibanisation of Balochistan.
The Pakistani military colludes with the Taliban’s murderous campaign, on the grounds that it helps to crush the Baloch people and their struggle for self-government.
Many of the Taliban leaders hide out in Balochistan, from where they plan and launch their military operations to overthrow the flawed but democratically-elected government of Afghanistan.
Their campaign to usurp power in Kabul is taking place with the tacit collusion of key figures in the Pakistani military and intelligence services. Pakistani sympathisers are allowing the Taliban to use Balochistan as a base for their war against democracy and human rights.
Meanwhile, the international community is looking the other way, allowing the Baluch people to be suppressed and ignoring their right to self-determination.
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| Joint attack carried out by BLA and BRA on Pakistani oil and gas exploitation company
Baloch Freedom fighters attacked Pakistani Oil and Gas exploration company with rockets and other latest weapons in Naghai area of Bolan. In the attack machinery of the company was destroyed and several personnels of the company were killed and injured sources said.
Spokesperson of Baloch Republican army claimed responsibility of the attack. This was joint attack carried out by BLA and BRA fighters. Said spokesman
We warned Pakistan in our ceasefire announcements earlier this year that any attempt made by Pakistan for looting Baloch resources will not be tolerated.
If still Pakistan did not stop working on the projects which are against the Baloch National interest. Then the attacks from Baloch freedom fighters will be greater and more aggressive
This joint attack by Baloch Liberation Army and Baloch Republican Army had proved that Baloch National Army BLA, BRA and BLF are well organized and united 24.11.08
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Baloch freedom fihgters attacked pakistani oil exploration company in Kohlu
Baloch freedom fighters attacked oil and gas company’s camp, while BLA fighters hurled a hand-grenade on the house of retired army personal.
According to details Baloch freedom fighters attacked oil and gas company camp with rockets and other automatic weapons in Kohlu, rockets landed in the camp and destroyed the camp, however no lose of life has been reported in this attack. Meanwhile BLA fighters attacked retired army man’s house with hand grenade as a result his son killed on the spot.
Bevragh Baloch spokesman for the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks, while talking to newsman from an unspecified location via telephone, “we warned the retired army man to leave our motherland, else will face unimaginable consequences, but he took our warning lightly, he said. Once again we are warring him through the media leave our motherland or will wait for the same fate. He added 22.11.08
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Complete Strike observed in all over Balochistan on Shaheed Nawabzada Balach Marri's 1st Anniiversary
A complete shutterdown and wheel-jam strike was observed on Thursday across Balochistan on the call of Baloch nationalist parties to mark the first death anniversary of Nawabzada Balach Marri.
According to sources all kind of business activities remained suspended in Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar, Sibi, Dera Allahyar, Dera Murad Jamali, Mach, Noshki, Dalbandin, Wadah, Dera Bugti, Kohlu, Dhadhar, Turbat, Pasni, Gwadar and Hub.
All shops and business centers remained closed in these areas. Said sources. traffic also remained suspended. Workers and supporters of Baloch nationalist parties blocked national highways lining Quetta with Karachi No passenger coach and other traffic could leave for Karachi and other parts of the country from Quetta due to the blocking of highways at various points. Traffic was also blocked at the coastal highway linking Karachi to Gwadar and other areas of Makran.
Balach, a son of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and former member of the Balochistan Assembly, was martyred last year on November 20 at Sarlath area. He had been fighting against Islamabad for ‘an independent Balochistan’
Police maintained tight security throughout the day in Quetta and parts of the province to avoid any unpleasant incident, as the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had threatened to carry attacks against government institutions the same day to avenge what it called ‘Marri’s murder’ by the government. Earlier on Wednesday, thousands of Baloch men and women gathered in the city’s New Kahan suburb to pay tributes to Balach, whom they described as a Baloch ‘freedom fighter’. Demand:
The gathering demanded the United Nations (UN) declare Pakistan and Iran terrorist states and cancel their UN membership as the two countries were victimising the Baloch population. It also appealed to the UN to concede the Baloch people’s right to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Charter. Similarly, a demand was made to the UK government to withdraw all the cases against Harbayar Marri, Balach’s brother, and against a companion charged with illegal possession of weapons. Besides, the UK government was asked to withdraw its decision of declaring the BLA a terrorist organisation. 21.11.08
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Several attacks on Punjabi occupying forces in Balochistan in the first anniversary of Martyr Balach Marri
According to details Several attacks on Punjabi occupying forces and their informers in Balochistan, on the first anniversary of Martyr Balach Marri Baloch Freedom fighters fired at least five rockets at the Police Training College in Sariab area from nearby mountains late on Wednesday night Meanwhile, one person was injured in a powerful bomb explosion that rocked the provincial capital Quetta
Baloch Freedom fighters fired at least five rockets at the Police Training College in Sariab area from nearby mountains late on Wednesday night. ‘One rocket landed in the play ground of the college and exploded with big bang rocking the entire area, sources said. However, other rockets exploded in the abandoned place causing no damage.
After firing rockets BLA fighters also attacked the main gate of the college. They opened fire using automatic weapons. Police personnel deployed at the gate retaliated and returned fire. Heavy exchange of fire continued for about 15 minutes. however no casualty reported so far in this clash.
Meanwhile, one person was injured in a powerful bomb explosion that rocked the provincial capital Quetta. According to sources Baloch Freedom planted bomb with the boundary wall of the park located in front of Quetta railway station that went off with big bang. Grill and boundary wall of the park was damaged in the blast while windowpanes of railways building and many vehicles parked in the area were smashed.
In a separate incident Quetta Karachi highway was partially damaged in an explosion that occurred under the bridge in Khuzdar. Sources said. However no loss of life reported in the blast.
In another incident Baloch freedom fighters hurled a hand grenade in the house of a security official in the industrial town of Hub late evening. Sources said that grenade exploded in the courtyard of the house damaging the doors and windows of the house. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.
Bevragh Baloch spoksman for the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attacks, while talking to media via telephone from an undisclosed location 20.11.08
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Armed resistance is the only way to achieve our goal, Baloch leaders vowed to continue their struggle for Freedom
Baloch leaders vowed to continue their struggle for Freedom saying that Pakistani assemblies cannot resolve the problems being faced by Baloch people. Speaking at a public meeting in New Kahan camp area on the eve of first anniversary of Baloch Guerrilla leader Shaheed Nawabzada Balaach Marri, here on Wednesday.
‘Armed resistance is the only way to achieve our goal,’ they said, adding that the sacrifices rendered by Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawabzada Balaach Marri and other Baloch people is way thought adopting that Baloch people could continue their struggle.
Central leader of Marri Etihad Ali Ahmed Baloch, Sana Baloch, Dr. Bashir Azim secretary general baloch republican party, Waja Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Sadiq Raisani, Shakar Bibi advocate, Mir Humayun Marri, Prine Musa Jan, Dr. Hakil Lehri, Nawab Mohammad Khan Shahwani, Sardar Naseer Mosyani, Mir Amanullah Zarakzai and Haji Jan Mohammad Baloch spoke on at the public meeting.
The speakers urged upon Baloch people to extend full support to baloch resistance movement and speared the massage of shaheed baloch leaders in every corner of Balochistan for the achievement of their goal for which they had rendered their lives. They paid great tributes to veteran Baloch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and said that despite his old age he was supporting movement baloch youths launched in the province.
They said that all institutions, buildings, highways, hospitals and parks should be named after our baloch heroes. They said that it was need of the hour to promote thinking of baloch movement instead of present educational system.
Speakers said that baloch have their own national reorganization, culture, language and status and they are not part of Pakistan, Iran or any other country.
The public meeting also adopted various resolutions demanding that the right of self-determination of baloch nation should be accepted according to the charter of United Nation. It was also demanded that United Kingdom and other western governments should expel the names of baloch organizations from the list of terrorist. Another resolution demanded of the British government to withdraw all allegations it leveled against Nawabzada Hairbyer Marri and Faiz Baloch and lift all restrictions imposed on them . It was also demanded in the public meeting that missing baloch people should be given status of war prisoners. 20.11.08
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Two Pakistani secret service agencies personnel killed in Quetta. Several Pakistan soldiers killed in Dera Bugti
BLA fighters targeted and killed two Pakistani secret service agencies personnel in Sariab road Quetta, according to locals that unknown armed men riding on motorbike opened fire on them, as a result one of then dead on the spot while other dead on hospital.
Bevragh Baloch spokesman for the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) claimed responsibility for the attack, while talking to newsmen from an undisclosed location.
Meanwhile Baloch Sarmachars killed a Baloch national traitor in Sui area of Dera Bugti. According to Spokesman of BRA Mr.Sarbaz Baloch, Baloch Sarmachars killed a Pakistani army informer namely Sanwala Jath in Sui. Sanwala Jath used to inform pakistani army and secuirty forces about the acitivities of Baloch Sarmachars. We have warned him many times but he took our warnings lightly and continued working for pakistani army and agencies against Baloch cause Said Mr. Sarbaz Baloch while talking to the media via satelite phone from undisclosed location.
Baloch Sarmachars killed 6 and injured several Pakistani soldiers in Marav area of Dera Bugti in a ambush Said Mr. Sarbaz Baloch. One vehicle of pakistani army were also destroyed in the attack. He said. Meanwhile Baloch Freedom fighters fired several rockets over a Pakistani army camp in Sui area killing and injuring several Pakistani soldiers in the attack. Said sources. These attacks were carried out as reaction to the Pakistani army operation in Mashkay, Naseerabad, Dera Bugti and Martrydom of Nawabzada Balach Marri by Pakistani army on 19th November 2007. Said Mr. Sarbaz Baloch. 19.11.08
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BLA kills several Pakistani army soldiers in Balochistan
According to detail Pakistan army has launched a major operation in Mand, Mashky and nearby areas, in the name of search operation. Meanwhile a gun battle took place in Mashky between Baloch freedom fighters and Pakistan army, as a result several Pakistani soldiers killed and in injured .
The BLA, fighting for an ‘independent Balochistan’, accepted responsibility for the attacks. Bevragh Baloch – a spokesman of the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) told newsmen that the Pakistan Army had launched a major operation in Mand, Mashky and surrounding areas of Balochistan, which had resulted in the arrest of several ‘innocent Baloch’.
“We have killed several army personnel in a fight,” claimed the BLA spokesman. A gun battle took place in Mashky between Baloch freedom fighters and Pakistan army, as a result 6 Punjabi soldiers have been killed and several injured
In an another attack BLA fighters attacked army convoy with rockets and other automatic weapons near Mashky, resulting killing at least 12 soldiers and injuring several, said the spokesman.
We will carry out such and greater attack on occupying Punjabi forces if Pakistan army will continue their activities in those areas, he added
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Baloch freedom fighters blew up railway track in Quetta
According to sources Baloch freedom fighters planted explosive devices under the railway track, which went off with a huge bang and destroyed the track badly.
As a result the railway link between Quetta and rest of the country was cut off after the main railway track was blown up here late Saturday night. 16.11.08
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An another pro-Pakistani Wadera shot dead in Sui
According to details Baloch freedom fighter shot dead an another pro- Pakistani Wadera and his body guard, sources told that named Wadera was going to Dera Bugti with his bodyguard when unknown armed men opened fire on them, as a result Wade Bahlil Bugti and his bodyguard were killed on the spot, after successful attack Baloch freedom fighters left the scene.
Both stooges were identified as Wadera Bahlil and Waheed Bugti.
Sarbaz Baloch spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack, while talking to the newsmen from an unknown location 09.11.08
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We dont accept the self-determination of one part. Baloch Nation is bigger then Punjabi. Says Nawab Khair Baksh Marri
Baloch is one body, which has been cut and divided to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. We dont accept the self-determination of one part. Baloch Nation is bigger then Punjabi. Once we get control on our land and resources. Then see how the world will run behind us.
EX- chief justice, Governor and Chief minister are not Baloch practically. To fight for rights is not wrong religiously. Said Nawab Marri in a TV interview.
Baloch Struggle began from Mehrab Khan's Era. It is necessary for a nation to have own country. Baloch Nation is much bigger then Punjabi. Governor and chief justice are just Baloch by name. Jinnah is not a prophet that I should recognise his Pakistan. Said Baloch Nationalist Leader Nawab Khair Baksh Marri in a TV interview.
Answering a question about the change. He said The change will never stop. The change came in Baloch nation also. They more aware then before about their rights. To tell the extent of change one has to go deep. The change I want that never come yet, But I am not disappointed.
Answering a question about the struggle Nawab Marri said, It is not necessary that people only should fight in mountains. They can fight in planes, streets also.
During the interview when calling him again and again Nawab, He said I dont like the title of Nawab, which is given by English (British). When asked about the agreements between english and Marri Balochs. He said he dont know much about those agreements. But my grandfather fought with english. He defeated by english army. But he did not give up. Baloch had never accepted the slavery of English. Baloch Struggle began when the english invaders entered in Balochistan during the Mehrab Khan's era. After the martyrdom of Mehrab Khan. The struggle got further momentum.
While describing a nation he said, There should be one language, one Culture, Freedom, Geography, Then the justice also will come. But these all come afterwards. First you have to have own country. In a question about the Baloch Sardari system. He said It is a patriotic system. No one can say that this system is worse then American and Punjabi's democracy.
About the Future of Sardari system he said the path Baloch are moving will change the Sardari system automatically. But there are good things about Sardari system that may remain.
In a question about elimination of Saradari system in Bhutto Era. He said that if a coummunist would talk about Public Perhaps I would understand but if a Billionaire say this then I dont think it is acceptable. Answering a question about whether Patriotic Society (Tribal system) is cruel or Capitalism. He said Tribes are backward but they are not cruel.
In a question about Brahui and Baloch, He said there is no difference between Brahui and Baloch. Brahui are the first one who came to Balochistan. But they were Baloch. There is no doubt between us and Brahui.
About the Tribal fueds Nawab Marri said. The Tribal fueds existed everywhere in the world. Refering to Tribal fueds he said this kind of feuds will go on. Fueds are also part of evolution. When asked if he believe in Evolution, and doesnt he love his own things? He said I love my own things very much but not so blindly that I remain backward from the world.
About the Globalisation he said. The world has become a country. America attacks Iraq for his national interests. Israil attacks Palestine or Tmail tigers are symbol of the Nationlism. He said we are in the evolution stage. First we have to achieve the goal as a nation. Then we have to move toward Humanisam. He said I did not understand the significance of small and big Nationalities Until today. He asked whether English is a big Nation? France, Germany, Sweden are small nations? He said Baloch is bigger nation then Punjabi. Once we get control over our resources and land. Then the whole world will run behind us.
About the development he said. English also came to Balochistan to Develop Baloch. The Schools were Built to make Babos (Clerks). The roads and infrastructure were to loot Baloch Resources. Baloch is not able to live freely. You talking about Schools.
We are fighting to come out of this cage. He furthur said that Mohajir and Punjabi brings infrastructure for their self interest. The development by Mohajir and Punjabi make us BONA( Short) not powerfull. When asked about Self determination, he said Baloch was like a body and has been cut and divided to Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. How can I accept a self determination of one piece. Jinnah was not a prophet that I should recognise his pakistan.
I feel, That I have to achieve Freedom. Then why should not I struggle for this. Answering a question about the Struggle for freedom He said. Everywhere people are fighting for freedom. Tamil and Hamas also fighting. IRA Fighting. Should they wait for any big war? Should they wait for a big earthquake to come and move small stones from there path? From my opinion it is better to fight rather then wait. Therefore we fighting. About the foreign help. he said Pakistan herself alive on American aid. We are not getting any help from outside. If anyone offer us help we will accept it happily.
Pakistan herself depends on others. If Poor Baloch take help from someone else is not a great sin. While answering a question he said, to achieve something is necessary to struggle. Therefore we have to struggle. Even religiously there is nothing wrong to struggle for your rights.
About chief Justice He said. Justice chaudary never spoke about Balochistan, I dont consider him Baloch Governer and Chief Minister are Baloch by Name but not practically. He furthur said there is extent of Nation. According to that extent they are not Baloch. Baloch Nation has to decide about this. Whether I am right or wrong?
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Baloch national traitor killed in Dera Bugti
Baloch Freedom fighters killed an another Baloch National traitor in Dera bugti. This is third successful attack on Baloch National traitors in few weeks.
According to details Baloch national traitor, Mohammadu Bugti was on its way when Baloch freedom fighters blew up his motorbike with remote control bomb, as a result he dead on the spot and his two fellows were injured.
Sarbaz Baloch spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack, while talking to newsmen vai satellite phone from an undisclosed location 05.11.08
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Pakistan only needs Baloch resources not Baloch Nation
Pakistan is trying to get billions dollars from international organizations for the earthquake hit areas of Balochistan. But this aid will be used to genocide Baloch nation. Punjabi’s Pakistan bought weapons and artillery from the money, which was given to her for the relief of flood hit areas of Balochistan previously.
Pakistan only needs Baloch resources not Baloch Nation. Otherwise Pakistan wouldn’t stop the international organizations to help those thousands poor Baloch who have been displaced from there areas during military Operation and living as a refugee in jaffarabad and some areas of Sindh, without shelter and food for last 3 years.
According to international organizations reports hundreds of children died due to shortage of food and different kind of diseases, and hundreds are sufferings from the diseases like Diarrhoeal diseases and measles.
But Pakistan has stopped these organizations from helping these Balochs.
We appeal to International Organizations to come forward to help the earthquake hit areas themselves. If not the Pakistan will use the money provided by International Organizations for the relief of earthquake hit people will be used for the genocide of Baloch Naiton 04.11.08
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A message from BLA (Baloch Liberation Army)
Baloch Sarmacharan support rally is a step, But we have to voice the independent of Balochistan in every city and street
Dear Balochs: A Desire and purpose of Baloch martyrs. and the struggle to get rid of the black era of Slavery, This effort of Baloch youths is a one step toward the revolutionary struggle, but one should not consider it mile stone. We would be more happy if Friends would name this rally REJECT PAKISTAN RALLY, SUPPORT FREEDOM RALLY rather than Support sarmacharan Rally. Because the Purpose of Baloch youths in militancy front is only and only freedom. There is no other option than to freedom from this agent of emperialist powers. All other ways will go toward the destruction of Baloch Nation.
Dear Balochs:
In this Dark era of Slavery Whatever Baloch Nation had tolerated under the. The occupancy of enemy is one side. What had effected us the most is selfishness, lies, self beneficence, emotional display, corruption, Tribilism, falsehood. These are like larva.(a worm which bore woods) dangerous for the existence of nation. It is sad to say that the anger against these in our groups in political front is absent.
Dear Balochs:
In the struggle of Freedom the primary purpose is the purpose to scarify is a condtion. if the situation is bloody or people think ten time before shedding even sweat. is nothing than misfortunate.
Dear Balochs:
In today’s situation the imperialist powers and their agents want to make Baloch nation a pressure group and agent like Punjabi. They don’t want that Baloch nation rise as a power. A power with a strong concept of national asset, Free from corruption and lies, and free from the self-beneficence associational, regional and tribal. Where the national concept should not be tribal. But it is strange to see here every one thinks his tribe as a nation. Eg. Raisani Qaumai Ithead, Shahwani Qaumi Ithead, Sarpara Qaumi Ithead, Qambarani Qaumi ithead. If the tribe is a nation then what is notion of Baloch nation in your minds?
Dear Balochs:
Today Baloch enemies want the Baloch nation as uneatable (kitchri) a mixture of dhall and rice. Which is neather worth to eat nor to spit, like Palestine’s in Palestine, Afghan in Afghanistan, and Africans in Africa. We are making the work of our enemy easy by lieing, stubbornness, selfishness, and lacking the emotion of sacrifice lacking the concept of nation and national asset. If we want Freedom from occupant state of Pakistan, Then from today we have to strengthen the concept of Naitonal asset in the minds of Baloch nation. by getting rid from Pakistan we have to save our selves from the disease of stubbornness, selfishness, regionalism and tribalism, personalism also which are dangerous for national existence. We have to voice freedom only freedom in every house, street, and city.
Dear Balochs:
The participants in struggle of Freedom, we have to start working with the groups who are working for freedom and we have to work hard to strengthen the concept. When Baloch nation take authority on national assets and national decision. Then there should be justice, equality in the land of Baloch Nation and it should be free from personel, associational, regional and tribal benefits. And strong emotion of sacrificing everything for the land of Baloch nation and national benefits.
Dear Balochs:
We hope that the circle of your struggle will be only and only freedom, and to sacrifice everything in the way of freedom. With a strong determinations and with emotion for sacrifice along with Baloch nation we have to voice the Freedom from occupant state of Pakistan. 03.11.08
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A Big rally was organized by BSO in solidarity with Baloch freedom fighters
A Big rally was organized by BSO (Baloch Students Organization) in solidarity with Baloch freedom fighters. The rally procession begins from Degree College Sariab and ended at Science College junction. Up to 10 thousand people participated in the rally
The participants chanted “BLA, “BLF, “BRA, “We want freedom, We want freedom” “The grave of Punjabis, is Balochistan, Balochistan!” “Long live Balochistan!” and other patriotic slogans.
Participants were carrying the flags of BLA, BLF and BRP, and pictures of Baloch martyrs.
On the sidelines of the rally some 12 hundred Pakistani police and anti-terrorist personnel were present, they were carrying tear-gas shells and their guns were loaded with live bullets, with 2 armored cars, 20 trucks and 2 prisoner trucks. Apart from police there were Pakistani intelligence agents, in civil dress (disguised), present inside the rally, to cause anarchy among the rally participants. But the agents failed.
The Pakistani police, there blocked all the roads going towards Science College intersection and Pakistanis erected big curtains to block public from viewing the rally.
It is worth noting that 10 thousand people (though very few) participated in the rally because the University of Balochistan and other colleges were closed due to infighting between Baloch and Pashtun students, and Pakistanis efforts to sabotage the rally before it takes place that’s why many of the would-be participants couldn’t attend the rally. 03.11.08 |
The workers of the Kachi canal project attacked by Baloch freedom fighters
Baloch Freedom Fighters attacked the Kachi canal project workers, a resident of punjab killed and tractor were set to fire.
According to sources the incident occurred in Lanjo Saghari. Where BRA fighters attacked the kachi canal project workers, and one of the project tractor were also set on fire after the attack.
Sarbaz Baloch Spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack via satellite phone from an undisclosed location.
Baloch nation will not bear any Pakistani project in Balochistan against Baloch interests Baloch National army warned Pakistan several times to shut the projects in Balochistan which are against Baloch National interests. But if still Pakistan continues them then the engineers and workers will be attack continuously. He added 02.11.08
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Baloch national traitor, ex-guerrilla commander Wadera Malook Bugti shot dead in Dera Bugti
According to details Baloch freedom fighters attacked Baloch national traitor, ex-guerrilla commander Wadera Malook Bugti and his bodyguard with automatic weapons in Sanju Saghari area of Dera Bugti, as a result they were dead on the spot.
Sarbaz Baloch the Spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack, while talking to newsmen in Quetta via satellite phone from an undisclosed location.
We warned Wadera Malook to stop working for Pakistan army but he took our warning lightly and continued working for enemies. He added 29.10.08
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Balochistan Earthquake Kills 150 People Near Quetta
More than 150 people were killed in Balochistan when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck before dawn and destroyed as many as 20 villages near the city of Quetta, officials said.
At least 200 people were injured in the quake, Izhar Pirzada, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's largest ambulance service, said by phone from Quetta. ``The toll will rise because there are many remote areas we still haven't been able to reach.''
The quake hit at 4:09 a.m. local time in a mountainous region about 60 kilometers (37 miles) north-northeast of Quetta at a depth of 15 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was about 185 kilometers southeast of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
As many as 3,000 people may have been displaced as 2,000 houses were destroyed by the earthquake, Farooq Ahmed, chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority told reporters in Islamabad today.
Four or five villages were destroyed near the town of Ziarat which is east-northeast of Quetta, Zafar Ullah, deputy director in the agriculture ministry in the provincial government and a resident of Ziarat, said by phone. At least 77 people died in those villages, he said. In Pishin to the north of Quetta, five people were killed
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan, The city was leveled in 1935 by a magnitude-7.6 quake that left about 30,000 people dead, according to the USGS Web site. 29.10.08
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London terror trial – Defendants framed
UK colludes with Musharraf's agents
London UK – 27 October 2008
Two London-based human rights campaigners will stand trial on terrorism charges, starting next Monday 3 November at Woolwich Crown Court , before Mr Justice Henriques.
"This trial will expose high level collusion between the British government and the agents of the former Pakistani dictator, Pervez Musharraf ," according to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell , who is a personal friend and political ally of the two defendants.
"These men were framed by the Musharraf regime, to silence their highly effective campaigning against Pakistani human rights abuses in Balochistan," added Mr Tatchell.
"The British government was blackmailed into arresting them. Musharraf's agents issued an ultimatum to the UK authorities: arrest these men or we will halt all cooperation in the war on terror. The Labour government caved in to these demands from Musharraf's dictatorship.
It decided these men were expendable for the so-called greater good of anti-terrorist cooperation with the Pakistani regime," said Mr Tatchell.
The defendants are Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch. They are accused of preparing acts of terrorism abroad – charges they strenuously deny.
Both men have been law-abiding citizens. They fled to Britain to escape persecution by the military coup leader and tyrant, General Pervez Musharraf .
Mr Baluch is represented by Jim Nichol of Taylor Nichol solicitors (020 7272 8336) and Mr Marri is represented by Gareth Peirce of Birnberg Peirce solicitors (020 7911 0166).
Mr Marri is a former MP and government minister in the regional assembly of Balochistan – a previously independent state, which was invaded and annexed by Pakistan in 1948, and which has ever since been under Pakistani military occupation .
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Asian Human Rights Commission have documented and condemned severe and widespread human rights abuses by the Pakistani armed forces in Balochistan – abuses that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity , including the indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas and the systemic use of torture.
Mr Marri's father, Nawab Khair Baksh Marri , a renowned Baloch national leader, attended Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, along with other world dignitaries, as a guest of the British government.
His uncle is Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the UN Special Representative to Sudan and the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, and his wife is the great grand daughter of the first Prime Minister of Iraq (1920-1922), Abdul Rahman al Gillani.
Mr Marri and Mr Baluch, were arrested by police in London last December. Mr Marri spent four months in Belmarsh high security prison, and Mr Baluch eight months.
"The police and security agencies in the UK have pursued these terror charges based on evidence provided to them by Musharraf's dictatorship – a dictatorship that the arrested men campaigned against," said Mr Tatchell.
"Our government has ignored the fact that Musharraf's henchmen in the Pakistani intelligence agency, the ISI, are notorious for framing political opponents, especially Baloch nationalists.
"Marri and Baluch have been set up by Musharraf's agents because of their highly effective exposure of Pakistan's war crimes and crimes against humanity in annexed Balochistan.
"This belief has been reinforced by the acting Interior Minister of the new democratic government of Pakistan , Rehman Malik. He recently announced that terror charges against Mr Marri in Pakistan have been dropped; stating that the case against him had been politically motivated. This discredits the whole basis on which Marri and Baluch have been charged in London.
"Marri's and Baluch's arrest came just a few months after Musharraf demanded that the British government arrest Baloch activists in London. In exchange, Musharraf offered to hand over Rashid Rauf , implying that action against the Baloch activists was a precondition for surrendering Rauf to the UK. Rauf is wanted in this country in connection with the 2006 Islamist terror plot involving liquid explosives on trans-Atlantic airliners, which resulted in the conviction of three men in London in September. He is also sought in connection with a murder in the UK.
"The arrest in London of Marri and Baluch took place two weeks after Pakistani government agents assassinated Marri's brother, Balach Marri , a prominent Baloch nationalist leader.
"Prior to Marri's arrest, Musharraf's regime made repeated representations to the UK government that he was wanted on terrorism charges in Pakistan - charges that have now been dropped by the Pakistani authorities.
"Soon after Musharraf met Gordon Brown at Downing Street in January this year, he held a press conference for Pakistani journalists where he allegedly denounced Marri as a terrorist and praised the British government and police for cooperating with his regime.
"Claims of connivance are credible. For nine years, the UK's Labour government supported Musharraf's dictatorship politically, economically and militarily, despite him having overthrown Pakistan's democratically-elected government in 1999. Labour even sold him the military equipment that his army uses to kill innocent Baloch people .
"Marri is an unlikely terrorist. He is a former Balochistan MP (1997-2002), and was the Minster for Construction and Works in the provincial assembly in 1997-1998. He fled to Britain in 2000, fearing arrest, torture and possible assassination by Musharraf's men.
"One of his brothers is Mehran Baluch. He is the Baloch Representative to the UN Human Rights Council. He was the subject of an attempted extradition plot last year by Musharraf's regime, on trumped up charges.
"The arrest of Marri - together with the murder of one brother and the attempt to frame another brother - looks like a systematic attempt to target his family and crush three leading voices of Baloch dissent.
"A former British Protectorate, Balochistan secured its independence in 1947, alongside India and Pakistan, but was invaded and forcibly annexed by Pakistan in 1948. The Baloch people did not vote for incorporation. They were never given a choice. Ever since, Balochistan has been under military occupation by Islamabad. Baloch demands for a referendum on self-rule have been rejected. Democratically elected Baloch leaders who have refused to kow-tow to Pakistan's subjugation have been arrested, jailed and murdered
"The Asian Human Rights Commission reports that Pakistani army raids have resulted in 3,000 Baloch people dead, 200,000 displaced and 4,000 arrested. Thousands more have simply disappeared," said Mr Tatchell.
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A powerful bomb blast in Dera Bugti.
Three govt stoges were killed and five others injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Dera Bugti on Sunday. Sources told that the target of the bomb blast was Liaquat Ali Bugti, son of PML-Q’s MNA Ahmadan Bugti.
Liaquat Bugti had parked his vehicle near the civil hospital and gone inside. After a short while a blast took place near his vehicle, killing three on the spot.
The condition of three injured was serious.
The bomb was planted in a motorcycle that was parked near the vehicle. The deceased are said to be Liaquat Bugti’s relatives.
In March, a bomb went off in Liaquat Bugti vehicle, claiming eight lives and injuring six people.
Sarbaz Baloch spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack 20.10.08
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Baloch national traitor Jamalan Bugti shod dead in Dera Allahyar
Baloch freedom fighter shot dead Jamalan Bugti a Baloch National traitor in Goth lashari near Dera Allayar. According to details. Jamalan bugti was staying by his brother in Goth asharaf lashari near Dera allayar.
Jamalan Bugti used to inform Pakistani intelligence agencies and army about the activities of Baloch Freedom fighters.
Sarbaz Baloch Spokesman for the BRA (Baloch Republican Army) claimed respobsibility for the attack, we warrned Jamalan bugti many times to stop working for Pakistani agencies but he took our warnining lightly and continued working against baloch national cause. he said 19.10.08
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Parliamentary politics waste of time: Brahmdagh Bugti
Parliamentary politics and dialogue were a waste of time, BBC Urdu quoted Baloch Republican Party (BRP) chief Brahamdagh Bugti as saying on Saturday. Bugti also appealed to the Baloch people to support “the resistant groups in some way or the other” to achieve success in the ongoing struggle for Balochistan.
In a telephone address to the BRP’s first council session in Quetta, Bugti said he was against holding talks with the government but if any Baloch leader wanted to hold talks, he must clarify his position. He said he could not forget the sacrifices made by his grandfather late Nawab Akbar Bugti.
He said it was not necessary “to go and fight on the mountains”, adding that it could also be done on a political level. Earlier, the BRP’s council session elected Bugti as the chairman, Dr Basheer Azeem as the general secretary and Jaleel Reeki as the information secretary of the party. daily times monitor 12.10.08
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9 Pakistani solders killed and 7 injured in Dera Bugti
At least 9 pakistani army soldiers were killed and 7 others wounded by a landmine in the vicinity of Zain Koh area of Dera Bugti
According to sources, Pakistani army vehicle were patrolling in the area when their vehicle ran over a landmine set off by Baloch guerrillas, the blast was so intense that the vehicle dismantled entirely, as a result at least nine Pakistani army solders were killed on the spot while 7 others seriously wounded.
Sarbaz Baloch spokesman for the BRA (Balcoh Republican Army) claimed responsibility for the attack while talking to newsmen from an undisclosed location. 06.10.08
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