{"id":907,"date":"2010-10-27T14:23:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=907"},"modified":"2010-10-27T14:23:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T14:23:31","slug":"amnesty-urges-pakistan-to-probe-baluchistan-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/10\/27\/907\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty urges Pakistan to probe Baluchistan violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"pakistanian-troops0\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/pakistanian-troops0.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"203\" \/>ISLAMABAD: Rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan Tuesday to investigate the alleged torture and killing of more than 40 political leaders and activists in the insurgency-torn province of Baluchistan.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnesty said the cases have occurred in the last four months against a backdrop of increasing political unrest and Pakistani military activities in the southwestern province which borders Iran and Afghanistan.<br \/>Violence has surged this year in Baluchistan and human rights activists have raised concerns about an increase in targeted killings in the province.<br \/> &#8220;The Pakistani government must act immediately to provide justice for the growing list of atrocities in Baluchistan,&#8221; said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International\u2019s Asia Pacific director.<br \/>&#8220;Baluch political leaders and activists are clearly being targeted and the government must do much more to end this alarming trend.&#8221;<br \/>Amnesty warned that bullet-ridden bodies of those who have been abducted, many showing signs of torture, are increasingly being found across Baluchistan whereas previously bodies of the missing were rarely recovered.<br \/>Victims\u2019 relatives and activists often hold Pakistan&#8217;s security forces and intelligence agencies responsible.<br \/>Amnesty said a previously unknown group, Sipah-e Shuhada-e Baluchistan, has also claimed responsibility for some of the killings.<br \/>&#8220;The Pakistani government must show that it can and will investigate the Pakistani military and Frontier Corps, as well as intelligence agencies, who are widely accused of playing a role in these incidents,&#8221; said Zarifi.<br \/>Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004 demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region&#8217;s wealth of natural oil, gas and mineral resources.<br \/>Amnesty warned that the rise in disappearances and bodies being dumped has aggravated political tensions and led to reprisal killings by Baluch groups.<br \/>On August 14, gunmen shot dead at least 16 people in Baluchistan. Amnesty said 17 people &#8212; all from Punjab province &#8212; were killed and that the Baluchistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility.<br \/>In response to the report, Pakistan said it was working to implement a package of political and economic reforms, which was unveiled last November in a bid to grant the province more independence and boost wealth creation.<br \/>&#8220;The democratic government is trying its best to protect human rights as enshrined in the constitution,&#8221; said foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit.<br \/>There was no immediate comment from the military.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: AlArabiya<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Rights group Amnesty International called on Pakistan Tuesday to investigate the alleged torture and killing of more than 40 political leaders and activists in the insurgency-torn province of Baluchistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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