Various reports of an airstrike/quadcopter attacks on civilians in Surab district, as reported on social media and by Balochistan-based online media outlets, are deeply disturbing. The images coming out of the area are very horrifying that show women, men and children under the rubble, disfigured bodies and some uncovered in blood.
As if enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and the criminalisation of dissent through the Fourth Schedule and collective punishment were not enough, the government and military establishment now appears to have resorted to airstrikes and quadcopter attacks against civilian populations.
My heart cries with the loss of innocent lives and pictures of children killed in the attacks shared on social media should be a matter of concern and shame for authorities. One can’t make peace with killing innocent children.
The family members of the civilians killed in the attacks are staging a sit in on main highway with 5 dead bodies of their loved ones. According to locals, two dead bodies were very disfigured and that were buried. At least 20 were injured and some bodies are still under the rubble.
I call for a full, independent, and transparent investigation into this incident. I also urge Pakistan’s civil society organizations and human rights groups to speak out against this barbarism. Silence must not allow such violence to become normalized in Balochistan.
@nchrofficial@HRCP87
The hope was etched in their heart
when they began this journery from a very far land, Turbat, they crossed miles, sleepless nights, exhuastion, area to area, they reached the Capital of Pakistan, with the hope that Capital won't disappoint them. They were beaten upon reaching, arrested, tortured, but they sat, they never extinguished the fire of hope. But
Today, hope has vanished; they'll no longer seek justice from Islamabad. Islamabad should rebuild its glamorous buildings. We're returning with our people, to our people, back to Balochistan. With tales of hate and terror from Islamabad.
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
Travelling over 1500 kilometres to have your voices heard is no simple journey. Sleeping under the open sky in the freezing cold for over a month is courage and commitment most people cannot dream of having. During the Oppressed Peoples Conference at NPC organized by BYC, the
نوٹ : فیض صاحب نے یہ نظم ڈھاکہ سے واپسی پر 1974 میں لکھی تھی
ہم کہ ٹھہرے اجنبی اتنی مداراتوں کے بعد
پھر بنیں گے آشنا کتنی ملاقاتوں کے بعد
کب نظر میں آئے گی بے داغ سبزے کی بہار
خون کے دھبے دھلیں گے کتنی برساتوں کے بعد
تھے بہت بے درد لمحے ختم درد عشق کے
تھیں بہت بے مہر صبحیں مہرباں راتوں کے بعد
دل تو چاہا پر شکست دل نے مہلت ہی نہ دی
کچھ گلے شکوے بھی کر لیتے مناجاتوں کے بعد
الوداع اسلام آباد ، الوداع
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
In Kharan, thousands of people are participating in a protest rally called by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee in solidarity with the sit-in protest of Baloch families in Islamabad. #MarchAgainstBalochGenocide#IStandWithBalochMarch
The author of this eye witness account is from Punjab. He joined the protest of Baloch women and children with his little daughter and gave them a message that the new generation of Pakistanis don’t believe in the false state narrative about Balochistan. https://t.co/Aig2cDnoKv
Dr. @MahrangBaloch_, leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, has declared that the state would bear responsibility if any harm befalls Baloch protestors at the hands of participants from the "death squad" camp.
She emphasised, "Such tactics by the state will never deter us."
Read Dr. @MahrangBaloch_’s two cents in today’s Dawn regarding Jamal Raisani's sit-in in Islamabad. She writes that: “This is not a war of narratives” that the current government is engaged in, and wasting resources and energy for.
https://t.co/pGVMe3uZQf
In this critical moment, it is our urgent collective responsibility to combat misinformation, and change such harmful narratives. We, Baloch people like all other people of world love and care. We fear and we dare. We are hopeful and aspire to live in a more just World with no rank of suffering.
You are requested to share your video clips in your social media channels, practicing solidarity with Baloch March.
#IStandWithBalochMarch
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
Message of Dr.Mahrang Baloch to the people:
Dear people, on this 46th day of our movement, which began in Turbat, we're entering the third phase. The support pouring in from Pakistan and worldwide has been incredible. Today, I urge you to step out of your homes, universities, with your children and women. This is a movement led by women, where every participant faces threats, harassment, profiling, and FIRs. Government employees have been suspended. We can't halt here. Contribute from anywhere; join protests organized by BYC. Show that we are not alone; this movement is for humanity, not just a few families or Baloch people. We fight against injustice everywhere.
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
Use the hashtag#
#SolidarityWithBalochMarch
Fact Check: Mahrang Baloch’s brother, Nasir Ahmed, a FSc student at the time, was forcibly disappeared on 15 December 2017. Due to Mahrang’s continuous campaigning, her brother was released over three months later. This incident turned Mahrang into an activist, and she has been campaigning on a variety of issues ever since. After her brother’s release in 2018, Mahrang has never asserted that he is still missing. The tweet from the Pakistani journalist below is entirely fabricated and can be considered a threatening attempt, especially given the manner in which Nasir has been filmed.
بلوچ یکجہتی کمیٹی/ڈاکٹر ماہ رنگ بلوچ کی شٹرڈاون کال کی حمایت کرتا ہوں۔ حکومت بلوچ لانگ مارچ کو آنکھیں دیکھانے، ڈرانے دھمکانے کے بجائے اپنی ذمہ داریاں پوری کرے اور جبری گمشدہ افراد کو بازیاب کرائے، ماورائے عدالت قتل بند کرے۔
@HamidMirPAK@OfficialDGISPR@TalatHussain12@Mahrang@BYCislamabad
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide #EndBalochGenocide #StopBalochGenocide #EndEnforcedDisappearances
@VBMP5@HRCP87@mohrpakistan@GovtofPakistan
#SupremeCourt
#QaziFaezIsa