Salal Balouch: November 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

JQMS Rally on Nawab shah Sindh Against Paris Attack.

جسمم کو نواب شاھ مین ایک بڑی ریلی نکالنے پر مبارک باد دیتے ہین جسمم سندھ کی واحد آزادی پسند تنظیم ہے جو ایم کیو ایم کی ہر مشکل وقت مین حمایت کرتی رہتی ہے

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Confident Brahmdagh takes strong stand on freedom struggle:

Baloch leader Brahmdagh Bugti on Monday took a strong stand on Balochistan’s independence struggle, and asked Pakistani establishment to conduct a referendum under the UN’s supervision to find out what the Baloch nation wanted.

While talking to a Pakistani television channel, he said he was not ready for any talks when the Pakistani military was abducting Baloch women and children.

He said dozens of woman were abducted by the Pakistan military recently from the Bolan area.

It is for the first time that a Baloch leader has successfully raised the issue of abducted Baloch women on the mainstream Pakistani media.

The confident Baloch Republican Party chief appeared to have a reasonable answer for every testing question the anchor asked.

When asked about the fate of Dr Allah Nazar, he said it’s against the Baloch traditions for him to reveal anything about that. “But I wish him long life and success.”

Bugti said if the Pakistani establishment was in the misunderstanding that they can force “us for talks under the barrel of the gun, then let the fight continue”.

About talks with the government, he said he is ready to talk with anyone, “but the military operation in Balochistan should stop first”.

When asked whether he considered Pakistan his country and accepted its constitution, he said “no”.

The anchorperson asked him about the rumours that he had visited India. “Your Pakistanis even called your Mother of the Nation an Indian agent,” he replied. “You can come to Switzerland and I’ll manage to show you my passport to prove whether I’ve been to India or not.”

However, he added that under the current circumstances when Pakistani is committing atrocities in Balochistan, the Baloch people will accept any help from anyone.

He also rubbished the rumours that he was returning to Pakistan.

The journalist claimed that most Baloch wanted to live in Pakistan and only Bugtis were engaged in sabotage activities. “I don’t only represent Bugtis or a single tribe. I talk about the whole Baloch nation. Makran is a non-tribal area. Who is running the freedom movement there?” Brahmdagh quipped.

He said the Baloch struggle has popular support from all over Balochistan.

Human Rights and Security in Balochistan Highlighted During UNPO Delegation’s Visit to Washington DC

Mr Nasser Boladai, Spokesperson of the Balochistan People’s Party (BPP) and President of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) visited Washington D.C. last week [16 November 2015] together with Johanna Green, UNPO Program Manager. The trip, ending on the 20th of the same month, functioned as a means of raising awareness of the plight of the people of Balochistan, highlighting the extensive human rights violations taking place in both Iran and Pakistan against the Baloch people. It also provided an opportunity to inform and draw attention to UNPO and the work of the organisation.

The Delegation had the opportunity to establish fresh dialogues with Congressmen, Senators and Administration Officials new to the Baloch cause, as well as to renew ties and continue a joint narrative with long-time advocates and supporters of Balochistan.

This round of meetings came freshly after the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, which has polarized many House Representatives and Senators. The impact of this deal will not go without consequences for the Baloch and other minorities within Iran, as it gives the regime a ‘green light’ to intensify human rights violations against these peoples with increased funds available after the lifting of sanctions. Moreover, coinciding with the Delegation’s trip to Washington DC was the visit of Raheel Sharif, Pakistan’s army chief, to the US capital. Given the Pakistani army’s hold over key security and foreign policy issues in the country - the former including a brutal crackdown on the Baloch people, the Delegation found it important to raise awareness of the appalling conditions faced by Baloch activists. A key message conveyed during the meetings was that the US government should consider engaging not only with governments, but also with peoples who might provide better allies than the oppressive regimes of Iran and Pakistan.

The visit to the US capital came shortly after the District of Columbia was inaugurated as UNPO’s newest member on 7 November 2015. The fortuitous circumstances allowed Mr Boladai and Ms Green to engage in activities for their newest member, seeking to become the 51st State of the USA. Mr Boladai made a TV appearance on the local station D.C. Statehood Today were he was interviewed by Ms Deneysha Richard. Building on this DC Senator Paul Strauss joined the pair during a lecture about UNPO and DC’s continuous denial of statehood at UCD’s (University of the District of Columbia) Law School. Finally on Thursday 19 November 2015, Senator Strauss, alongside Senator Michael D. Brown and Representative Franklin Garcia hosted a ‘Welcome Reception’ for UNPO with the support of Students for DC Statehood.

http://unpo.org/article/18737

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Boko Haram Actually Kills More People In Terror Attacks Than ISIS

After nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, the world reacted in outrage, coalescing around the hashtag # Bring Back Our Girls.

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This week, the world’s deadliest terror group wrought extraordinary carnage on crowds of people going about their daily lives.

The fruit and vegetable market in the northern Nigerian city of Yola was packed with customers buying food for dinner when a suicide bomber struck on Tuesday evening, killing at least 34 people. "The ground near my shop was covered with dead bodies," Alhaji Ahmed told Reuters.

Then on Wednesday, as afternoon prayers approached, two young women strapped with explosives detonated at a busy mobile phone market in the nearby city of Kano. At least 15 people were killed in the twin blasts, according to The Associated Press.

Both bombings are widely believed to be the work of Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, which rarely claims responsibility for specific attacks but has waged a bloody six-year insurgency in the region.

A new report this week found Boko Haram has overtaken the so-called Islamic State as the “most deadly terror group in the world.”

The Global Terrorism Index said Boko Haram killed more people -- 6,644 -- in terror attacks during 2014 than any other group. The Islamic State, which is based in Syria and Iraq and this week brought its deadly violence to Baghdad, Beirut and Paris, follows closely behind, at 6,073 deaths through terrorism in 2014.

In March, Boko Haram released a recording pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, but the extent of any cooperation between the groups is unclear. Together, the two organizations were responsible for 51 percent of all terrorism-related deaths around the world last year, the report said.

The Global Terrorism Index is an annual report by the New York City-based Institute for Economics and Peace. It tracks global deaths from terror attacks, which it defines as “an intentional act of violence or threat of violence by a non-state actor.”

The index distinguishes between terror attacks and battlefield deaths, and notes that the majority of people killed by the Islamic State die in combat, including at least 20,000 people in 2014.

The total death toll of Boko Haram violence is also thought to be higher than the terror-related deaths tallied in the report. The highly respected Nigeria Security Tracker, compiled by the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations, found that over 6,000 people were killed in clashes between Boko Haram and Nigerian forces in 2014.

Boko Haram emerged in northeast Nigeria around 2002, espousing an extreme form of Islam and capitalizing on alienation and poverty in this region of the oil-rich country. After a series of deadly clashes with the Nigerian government, the group launched a violent insurgency in 2009, which has left thousands dead and parts of northeastern Nigeria in ruins.

Last year, Boko Haram escalated attacks, capturing towns and villages in the northeast and taking hundreds captive. In one incident, which drew worldwide condemnation, the militants stormed a boarding school in Chibok in April 2014 and seized nearly 300 schoolgirls. At one point in 2014, the militants controlled a territory approximately the size of Belgium. Meanwhile, a relentless stream of suicide bombings has terrorized cities around the country, many of them using women and young girls who may be coerced into carrying out attacks.

From 2013 to 2014, the death toll from terrorism-related attacks climbed dramatically in Nigeria, increasing by 300 percent. The Global Terrorism Index called the rise “the largest increase in terrorist deaths ever recorded by any country.”

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