Baloch activists to protest against abduction of Baloch women by Pakistan army

LONDON: The Baloch pro-freedom activists in UK have announced to hold a peaceful protest outside BBC World Service building on 21 November to raise awareness about Pakistani security forces attacks on Baloch civilian populations and abduction of Baloch women and children.

Pakistani military have abducted and killed thousands of innocent Baloch including women children since it occupied sovereign state of Baloch, against the will of Baloch nation, in 1948. The occupying state atrocities continue unabated even today.

Over the years Pakistani forces attacked several civilian populations in different areas of Balochistan.  Two weeks ago Pakistan Paramilitary forces and military abducted around 28 women and their children during their vicious attacks against Baloch civilians in Bolan district of Balochistan. The whereabouts of these women and children remain unknown after 11 days of their abduction by Pakistani forces.

To highlight this heinous crime of Pakistan state Baloch pro-freedom activists are organising a protest demonstration as part of ‪#‎SaveBalochWomen campaign on Saturday, November 21 in front of BBC Broadcasting House (BBC World Service).

They have requested all Baloch and other human rights activists to join their demonstration against ongoing human rights violations and abduction of Baloch women and children by Pakistani security forces from Balochistan.

THE LOCATION OF PROTEST
WHERE: Portland Pl, Marylebone, London W1A 1AA,
WHEN: Saturday 21 November – 1-3 PM
NEAREST Underground: Oxford Circus Station

Meaning of a Successful Life Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama answers a student's question on what it means to lead a successful life in this short video clip from his talk at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on November 10, 2015.

Assyrian Protestant Church in Turkey Reopens 6 Decades Later

Assyrian Protestant Church in Turkey Reopens 6 Decades Later

One of the oldest protestant churches in the Middle East has been reopened after sitting in ruins for nearly 60 years. The Mardin Protestant Church in Turkey has reopened for services, the first in 60 years. There is just a small population of protestants, or Christians of any denomination, remaining in this part of Turkey, a region that a century ago was home to a substantial number of Christians. Photo: Rev. Ender Peker presides over the first religious service at the church in Mardin's Artuklu district. Learn more: http://ow.ly/UMuRo

سنڌ ۾ مڪاني چونڊون، پ پ ۽ خيالي مخالف ڌر

سنڌ ۾ مڪاني چونڊون، پ پ ۽ خيالي مخالف ڌر
”عوامي آواز ٽي وي“ جو پروگرام”ٽيون رخ“. ميزبان : اسد چانڊيو.*مهمانَ : قاضي آصف : سينئر صحافي* ارشاد کوکر : سينئر صحافي* عاجز جمالي: سينئر صحافي* پروفيسر عبدالله ملاح : تجزيه نگار*ڇا اڄ ٿيندڙ مڪاني چونڊن ۾ پ پ سان مقابلي لاءِ ڪا سياسي سگهه موجود آهي؟*پ پ اڄ مڪاني چونڊن جي ٻئي مرحلي ۾ به آسانيءَ سان ڪامياب ٿي ويندي؟*پ پ سان مقابلي جي سگهه نه رکندڙ ڌريون سڄو ڏوهه سنڌ جي ماڻهن کي ئي ڏينديون؟*ذوالفقار مرزا پاڻ کي بينظير ڀُٽو جي پارٽيءَ جو سڏائيندي پ پ مخالفن سان گڏ ڪيئن ويٺل؟*ڇا ارباب رحيم، ف ليگ ۽ اسماعيل راهو بدين ۾ مرزا جي ڪاميابي چاهن ٿا؟*پ پ شهرن ۾ متحدهه جي اميدوارن کي بنا مقابلي ڪامياب ڪرڻ ڇو چاهيو؟* ڇا بدين ضلعو ذوالفقار مرزا جي جي ڌمڪين ڪري حساس بڻجي ويو؟*پاڻ کي سنڌ جو سڄڻ سمجهندڙ ڌريون چونڊ سياست جون ضرورتون پوريون ڪري سگهنديون؟* پريس بيان تائين محدود جماعتون ووٽ نه ڏيڻ لاءِ ماڻهن کي ميار ڏئي سگهن ٿيون؟.

پيپليون ووٽ ڀلي وٺو پر غربت تي ٺٺول نه ڪريو.

پيپليون ووٽ ڀلي وٺو پر غربت تي ٺٺول نه ڪريو.

هي بدين ۾ اليڪشن مهم تي آيل صوبائي وزير روبينا قائم خاني آهي جنهن غريب مهاڻي جي بنا گئس واري چلهي تي پيل ديڳڙي سان پروموشن فوٽو ته ڪڍايو پر ان گهر ۾ ماني کائڻ گوارا نه

ڪئي..

الڳ سان آندل لنچ باڪسز واري ماني کائيندڙ وزيرياڻي کي ڪهڙي خبر ته انهن غربت وارن گهرن ۾ 

سالن کان پٽاٽن کانسواء ڪجهه ناهي پچندو.

EU: Steps to Address Refugee Crisis

(Brussels) – European Union governments should take urgent action to bring Europe’s response to the refugee challenge, now a full blown EU crisis, in line with their legal responsibilities and stated values, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The 16-page report, “Europe’s Refugee

Crisis: An Agenda for Action,” analyzes the failings of the EU governments’ response to the crisis and sets out recommendations to improve Europe’s response across four broad areas: reducing the need for dangerous journeys; addressing the crisis at Europe’s borders; fixing the EU’s broken asylum system; and ensuring EU cooperation with other countries that improves refugee protection and respect for human rights.

“In a world of increasing displacement, conflict, and human rights abuse, EU leadership is more important than ever,” saidJudith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The horrific Paris attacks on November 13 underscore the need for an effective collective EU response to the refugee crisis that allows for orderly processing and proper screening for asylum seekers, including those fleeing ISIS violence in Syria and Iraq.”

Amnesty International also released on November 17, 2015, an important report, “Fear and Fences: Europe’s Response to Keeping Refugees at Bay,” on this issue, outlining similar concerns.

 

More than 800,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea in 2015, with most traveling onward to northern and western EU countries. According to UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, 84 percent were from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia, or Iraq – all countries experiencing conflict, widespread violence and insecurity, or countries with highly repressive governments.

While the EU and its member states have stepped up search-and-rescue operations, more than 3,450 people have died in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in 2015.

The response of many EU governments to the crisis has been deeply flawed. The response has been characterized by deaths at sea, chaos, and deplorable humanitarian conditions at sometimes-closed or blocked land borders, and inadequate responsibility sharing and collective action. Many EU countries have tried to deflect responsibility onto countries outside the European Union.

The European Union and its member countries should work collectively to:

• Save lives at sea through robust search-and-rescue operations in the central Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea;
• Reduce the need for dangerous journeys by increasing refugee resettlement, facilitating family reunification, and providing humanitarian visas;
• Resolve the chaos at Europe’s borders through increased preparedness and coordination, swifter implementation of an agreed-upon emergency relocation scheme, and access to fair and efficient asylum procedures – including at the Greek and Bulgarian land borders with Turkey – and decent reception conditions throughout the region;
• • Fix the EU’s broken asylum system, and start by replacing the flawed Dublin system with a permanent mechanism for distributing asylum seekers equitably and enforcing EU standards across all member states;
  • Respect rights in migration cooperation with countries outside the EU by carefully designing, carrying out, and monitoring programs;
  • Put human rights at the center of diplomatic and other efforts to tackle root causes of refugee and migration flows.
  • The EU should also ensure that efforts to counter smuggling and human trafficking do not endanger lives, prevent people from seeking international protection, or return them to countries where they would face abuse.
    “Drowning at sea or freezing in a Balkan field can never be acceptable forms of border control,” Sunderland said. “European governments should expand safe and legal channels, and ensure access to asylum and humane treatment at its borders and inside every single member state.”
  • https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/16/eu-steps-address-refugee-crisis