Occupied Balochistan- Two dead bodies that had been found dumped in the Aap Sar area of Turbat two days ago were identified on Thursday as that of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) Central Information Secretary Jalel Reki and Baloch National Movement (BNM) activist Mohammad Younus.
The party has announced 40 days of mourning and has given a call for a three-day shut down throughout the Balochistan to protest the killing of its central leader at the hands of intelligence agencies.
Reki’s family members say that he had been whisked away by the personnel of an intelligence agency on February 13, 2009 from the Sariab area of Quetta while coming out of a mosque after Friday prayers.
Two dead bodies were found on Wednesday in the mountains of Sheraz Koh in Mand Bullo, the border town near Iranian occupied, some 1250 kilometre southwest of Quetta. The bodies were kept at a hospital’s morgue in Turbat town for identification. The other body was identified as Mohammad Younus Baloch, a member of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) - a pro-freedom political party formed by late Ghulam Mohammad Baloch. Ghulam Mohammad, along with two leaders of the BRP and the BNM, was whisked away in broad daylight, and killed in similar manner in April 2009.
According to BBC Urdu Mohammad Younus Baloch was arrested by Iranian forces form Iranian occupied Balochistan on 22 June 2011. He was secretly handed over to Pakistan security agencies two month ago who later killed Younus Baloch under-custody.
Relatives of Younus Baloch said that he had gone to Iranian Occupied Balochistan to condole an immedialte family.They also confirmed that he was arrested on 22 June 2011 by Iranian forces and on 18 August 2011 Iran has handed over him to Pakistani security forces.
Reki’s father, Abdul Qadeer Baloch, who is the vice chairman the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons with other relatives of missing persons, had been observing a hunger strike outside Quetta Press Club for the release of his son and other enforced disappeared persons. He said that about a dozen personnel arrived in four vehicles and abducted Reki.
Taking to NNI he praised his son’s struggle said “My son has sacrificed his life for his motherland Balochistan and the Baloch nation and I was proud of him”. He also promised to continue his struggle for the safe recovery of all Baloch missing persons. He vowed that he would not give up his struggle for their safe recovery.
On 17 October 2011 Qadeer Baloch had informed media persons that he and other families of Baloch enforced-disappeared persons have been recieving threats from intelligence agencies of Pakistan to end their strike. He had told media that two men had visited the camp and asked to him to end the strike. “He told me if I want my son alive then I must end the strike. I argued that if you people release all the missing persons then we will end our strike.”
This was not the first time that families of abducted Baloch had been threatened, earlier in February 2011 also Baloch families complained that personnel of Pakistan security forces had threatened them to stop registering FIR's against intelligence agencies or be prepare to face the consequences.
Meanwhile, Nasrullah Baloch, chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, said the recovered bodies of Reki and Younus Baloch were a slap on the face of rulers and the organisations dispensing justice. He asked international human rights organisations to take notice of the incidents of abduction, extra judicial killings and recovery of decomposed dead bodies of Baloch people.
BNM Chairman Khalil Baloch also paid tribute to both Reki and Younus, saying that both the political activists faced mental agony and physical torture before being killed. He said that every dead body was providing fuel for the Baloch struggle for independence.
BRP Spokesman Sher Mohammad Bugti said the recovery of dead bodies reflected the continuation of the state’s policy of genocide towards the Baloch nation. He said that Jalil and Younus had followed Baloch martyred Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawabzada Balach Marri and hundreds of others who had laid their lives for their motherland. He said that over 300 dead bodies of Baloch missing persons had been thrown in the streets since June 2010.
Courtesy: BBC Urdu, Pakistan Today
The party has announced 40 days of mourning and has given a call for a three-day shut down throughout the Balochistan to protest the killing of its central leader at the hands of intelligence agencies.
Reki’s family members say that he had been whisked away by the personnel of an intelligence agency on February 13, 2009 from the Sariab area of Quetta while coming out of a mosque after Friday prayers.
Two dead bodies were found on Wednesday in the mountains of Sheraz Koh in Mand Bullo, the border town near Iranian occupied, some 1250 kilometre southwest of Quetta. The bodies were kept at a hospital’s morgue in Turbat town for identification. The other body was identified as Mohammad Younus Baloch, a member of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) - a pro-freedom political party formed by late Ghulam Mohammad Baloch. Ghulam Mohammad, along with two leaders of the BRP and the BNM, was whisked away in broad daylight, and killed in similar manner in April 2009.
According to BBC Urdu Mohammad Younus Baloch was arrested by Iranian forces form Iranian occupied Balochistan on 22 June 2011. He was secretly handed over to Pakistan security agencies two month ago who later killed Younus Baloch under-custody.
Relatives of Younus Baloch said that he had gone to Iranian Occupied Balochistan to condole an immedialte family.They also confirmed that he was arrested on 22 June 2011 by Iranian forces and on 18 August 2011 Iran has handed over him to Pakistani security forces.
Reki’s father, Abdul Qadeer Baloch, who is the vice chairman the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons with other relatives of missing persons, had been observing a hunger strike outside Quetta Press Club for the release of his son and other enforced disappeared persons. He said that about a dozen personnel arrived in four vehicles and abducted Reki.
Taking to NNI he praised his son’s struggle said “My son has sacrificed his life for his motherland Balochistan and the Baloch nation and I was proud of him”. He also promised to continue his struggle for the safe recovery of all Baloch missing persons. He vowed that he would not give up his struggle for their safe recovery.
On 17 October 2011 Qadeer Baloch had informed media persons that he and other families of Baloch enforced-disappeared persons have been recieving threats from intelligence agencies of Pakistan to end their strike. He had told media that two men had visited the camp and asked to him to end the strike. “He told me if I want my son alive then I must end the strike. I argued that if you people release all the missing persons then we will end our strike.”
This was not the first time that families of abducted Baloch had been threatened, earlier in February 2011 also Baloch families complained that personnel of Pakistan security forces had threatened them to stop registering FIR's against intelligence agencies or be prepare to face the consequences.
Meanwhile, Nasrullah Baloch, chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, said the recovered bodies of Reki and Younus Baloch were a slap on the face of rulers and the organisations dispensing justice. He asked international human rights organisations to take notice of the incidents of abduction, extra judicial killings and recovery of decomposed dead bodies of Baloch people.
BNM Chairman Khalil Baloch also paid tribute to both Reki and Younus, saying that both the political activists faced mental agony and physical torture before being killed. He said that every dead body was providing fuel for the Baloch struggle for independence.
BRP Spokesman Sher Mohammad Bugti said the recovery of dead bodies reflected the continuation of the state’s policy of genocide towards the Baloch nation. He said that Jalil and Younus had followed Baloch martyred Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawabzada Balach Marri and hundreds of others who had laid their lives for their motherland. He said that over 300 dead bodies of Baloch missing persons had been thrown in the streets since June 2010.
Courtesy: BBC Urdu, Pakistan Today
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