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Blocking
access to Baloch websites by PTA strongly condemned
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked
access to Baloch Nationalist and other websites in Pakistan.
Balochvoice strongly condemns blocking of Baloch and
other websites in Pakistan, this is proof of State control over print,
electronic and other media sources.
It is worth mentioning, on one hand Musharraf and
other authorities endlessly keep on repeating that, electronic and print
media is unregulated, freedom of speech and democracy is restored in
Pakistan. But on the other hand let alone the print media in Pakistan,
even the electronic media, websites and other means of communications are
under strict State control.
Blocking access to Balochvoice and other websites in
Pakistan is a solid proof of such restrictions and state control over
print and electronic media.
Blocking access to websites shows, how the hysterical
Punjabi Pakistan is trying to controls and feed filtered information to
its people to keep them in the dark, which is impossible for it to achieve
in this 21st century.
Now thanks to information technology the truth cannot
be hidden. Such act only shows the real face of Musharraf and unmasks the
false claims made about Democracy, freedom of speech and freedom of press.
This should be an eye opener for the international
community to see how suppressed the Baloch people are in this totalitarian
and oppressive Punjabi dominated Pakistan.
Balochvoice requests the international community and
the international media to raise Baloch issue on the international level.
Baloch are constantly living under the threat and fear of being
subjugated, Baloch concern and their voices have always been suppressed
and that’s why it was not being heard by the international community.
Balochvoice appeals to the international media,
political and humanitarian organizations to intervene and raise the Baloch
issue on the international level to bring a stop to this oppressive and
dictatorial Pakistani State. Baloch people have been dominated, exploited
and slaughtered by this tyrant Pakistan for more then half a century.
Balochvoice takes the opportunity to thank
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for condemning
the decision by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on 25 April
2006 to block four Baloch nationalist websites and bringing this
matter to the attention of the media.
As Reporters Without Borders (RSF) put it in their
report on 28 April 2006 “Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA) block four Baloch nationalist websites for carrying “misleading
information.”
“Only a judge should be able to
order the filtering of an online publication,” the press freedom
organisation said. “The PTA should not have this power, as it is an
administrative entity directly linked to the government.”
And further says, “The four Baloch
sites are
http://www.balochvoice.com (which carries news about the
fighting in Balochistan as well as international media reports),
http://www.baloch2000.org and
http://www.balochfront.com (which support the Baloch
nationalists), and
http://www.sanabaloch.com (a Baloch politician's site).”
Now it is for you to see what “misleading
information” is on these sites or the truth is, Pakistan cannot stand
“The Truth”.
In another incidence of suppression,
Munir Mengal, Managing Director of Baloch-language TV
station Baloch Voice, who disappeared on arriving in Karachi on 7 April
2006. He was kidnapped by military intelligence officers at the airport.
It’s been more then a month that his ware bouts are not known.
The most alarming aspect is that this is not an
isolated case, many students, intellectuals, political activists,
teachers, doctors and people from all spheres of life have gone missing
but especially the situation has worsened since the Army Dictator General
Musharraf’s reign. Press release By Balochvoice.com 16.5.06 |