Pakistani forces have accelerated their atrocities in
Balochistan as the human rights violations, military operations, arbitrary
abductions and extra-judicial murders of Baloch civilians are in full-swing.
Today, the armed forces of Pakistan launched a fresh major offensive in Sui
areas. Dozens of vehicles of the forces laid a siege to Sonari Tilli Matt and
surrounding areas and started to indiscriminately attack the innocent civilian
populace.
The forces violently entered the houses and violated the
sanctity of the households, harassed and tortured the residents including women
and children. The forces looted the valuables from houses including cash,
jewellery and livestock, and subsequently destroyed them by setting fire on
them or blowing them up with explosives.
The worst of all happened when the forces attacked a
ceremony held by the locals in memory of one of their deceased ones near
“Sonari Tilli Matt”. The forces opened indiscriminate fire on the gathering and
killed at least eight innocents and wounded around twenty others. Many among
them are in critical condition and fear rises for more loss of innocent lives
as the forces continue their siege around the area and deny the medical access to
the wounded. The eight civilians killed in the massacre were identified as
Shaban s/o Dallu, Dost Mohammad s/o Shaban, Murad s/o Dallu, Taaro s/o Jamal
Khan, Angali s/o Kher Mohammad and Yousaf s/o Shehan. All the victims belong to
Bugti tribe and seven of them are from same family.
Pakistani media has reported the incident as an operation
against insurgents as an effort to hide the war crimes of the state forces in
Balochistan. We appeal to the international community, human rights groups and
the international media to send their fact-finding missions to investigate
report and expose the gross Human Rights violations, atrocities and war crimes
perpetrated by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan. The international media
that raises voice for even smallest issues must also report the massacre of
innocent Baloch and expose the real ugly face of Pakistani forces.
The military, political parties and other institutions of
the state claim that there is a democratic government in Pakistan and it is run
by a democratic process but the truth is that it is still ruled by its military
which is responsible for Baloch genocide and atrocities in Balochistan. The
state government and institutions always claim taking steps for resolving the
Balochistan problem and by that they mean more intensity in Baloch genocidal
policies. The state is working on a simple tactic for resolving the Balochistan
crises and that is ‘No Baloch, No problem’.
Baloch Republican Party calls upon the international
institutions such as United Nations and European Union to declare Balochistan
an occupied territory and send their teams to investigate the war crimes of
Pakistani forces.
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