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In Talking with Tatchell, Mehran Baluch, the Baloch
representative at the UN Human Rights Council, discusses the Baloch
struggle for liberation from Pakistani occupation and Iranian oppression.
In clip he provides some background on where Balochistan is and the suffering of its people.
Watch his Talking with Tatchell interview here:
Full program
Pakistan invaded and annexed the newly-independent
state of Balochistan in 1948. But the Baloch people have never given up
their struggle for freedom.
After six decades of occupation and bloody repression, Pakistan is once
again escalating its war against the people of Balochistan, detaining
without trial thousands of Balochs and executing hundreds more. Because
Britain and the United States want Pakistan as an ally in their so-called
“war on terror” they are arming Pakistan and acquiescing with its
suppression of the Baloch people.
Pakistan’s war against non-fundamentalist Balochistan and its moderate
nationalist forces is strengthening 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 and seek to enforce the
Talibanisation of Balochistan. The Pakistani government colludes with the
Taliban’s murderous campaign, on the grounds that it helps to crush the
Baloch people and their struggle for independence.
Many of the Taliban leaders hide out in Balochistan, from where they plan
and launch their military operations to overthrow the 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
government, military and intelligence services. The Pakistanis are
allowing the Taliban to use Balochistan as a base for their war against
democracy and human rights.
The international community is looking the other way, allowing the Baloch
people to be suppressed and ignoring their right to self-determination. To
view the full programme, click on this link:
Full program
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