Balochistan
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,
Bangkok, Thailand
Feb. 22 - 24, 2010 |
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Left
to right: Dr. Abdul Ghafar, Marino
Budsachi, Munir Mengal |
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Speakers
in alphabetical order (This collection of papers
and photos is VERY INCOMPLETE as of March 1, 2010.
I will add items as I receive them): |
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| Other coverage: |
New: South
Asia News video report, Mar 19, 2010; Bangkok
Conference: Some tough questions to opponents,
by Che Mureed, Intellibriefs, Mar 6, 2010; BBC
News, Feb 25, 2010; BSO-NA,
Feb 24, 2010; The
Baloch House, Feb 23, 2010; Intellibriefs,
Feb 28, 2010; pics at
Intellibriefs; Intellibrief photos, Mar
7, 2010 |
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Video
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Khan Suleiman Dawood
Ahmedzai (message to conference) |
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Faheem
Baloch: Baloch human rights activist. Mr.
Baloch delivered details of the below reports:
1)
Balochistan IDPs. Research for this report
was conducted by the Human rights commission of
Pakistan, Balochistan chapter. This is a study
of the Internal Displacement after army operation
and flood effective communities in this area. HRCP
Balochistan chapter is grateful to all those who
provided information for this report and particularly
to the internally displaced people interviewed
and those who facilitated the Interviewers...
2) HRCP Turbat Fact Finding Report:
Three Baloch leaders Assassinated in District Kech.
April 24 – 29 2009. Fact finding mission for
the killing of 3 Baloch nationalist leaders: Mr.
Ghulam Muhammad Baloch, President Baloch National
Movement, Sher Muhammad Baloch, Joint Secretary
Baloch Republican Party and Lala Munir Baloch,
ex Vice-President, Baloch National Party.
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to read Baloch IDPs
click to read HRCP Turbat Fact Finding Report |
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for videos: Part
I, Part
II, Part
III, Part
IV |
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Ismail
Ameeri: Ismail
Ameeri attended high school in port city of Chahbahar
and college in Zahedan in Western [Iranian occupied]
Baluchistan. After the 1979 Iranian mullah takeover,
he went to Karachi and earned his Master's degree
in Political Science from the University of Karachi
in 1985. In Karachi, he was actively involved in
Baloch politics and Balochi literary forums and
joined the Western Balochistan-based Balochistan
National Movement. He is presently a member of
the central and executive committees of the pro-independence
party. A writer in Balochi language, he had been
a co-editor of Monthly Taptan (Balochi). He regularly
chairs and moderates Baluch gatherings in London. |
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Ali
Arjemandi: Ali Arjemandi
is a Norwegian Baloch human rights activist and a
political refugee from Iran. He is the brother of
Ehsan
Arjemandi, a Norwegian citizen who was disappeared
in Pakistan on August 7, 2009. |
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Marino
Budsachin: Secretary General of United Nations
and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), the international
NGO based in New York. |
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Andrew Eiva: Andrew
Eiva was born of refugee parents who fled tyranny
in Lithuania, and learned early on that resistance
warfare could help his homeland Lithuania regain
independence. His quest took him to West Point. He
is best known for his
impact on policy and the selection of effective
weapons systems during Afghanistan's struggle against
Red Army occupation. Later in Lithuania, he led the
volunteer pro-independence forces in a showdown with
Soviet occupation forces. During the Serb ethnic
cleansing in the Balkans, he lobbied for military
support for the Bosnians and Kossovars. Currently,
he is working on a concept for the Sudanese resistance
to use their oil and gas reserves as a tool for unity
and victory. |
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video
links from DC conference:
Part I
Part II
Part III |
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Selig S. Harrison: Selig S. Harrison, Asia director
at the Center for International Policy, has written
extensively on ethnic tensions in Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Iran , focusing on the Baluch nationalist struggle.
His 1980 book In Afghanistan?s Shadow: Baluch Nationalism
and Soviet Temptations, published by the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, remains the most
authoritative analysis of the Baluch nationalist
movement. He is the author of Pakistan: The State
of the Union, recently published by the Center for
International Policy, where he directs the Asia Program.
In this study, he calls on the government of Pakistan
to honor the autonomy provisions of the 1973 Constitution
and withdraw its armed forces and intelligence agencies
from Baluchistan .
Harrison served for 22 years as a Senior Associate
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
and was South Asia and Northeast Asia Bureau Chief
of The Washington Post.
His five books on Asia include India: The Most Dangerous
Decades ( Princeton ) and The Widening Gulf: Asian
Nationalism and American Policy (Free Press). |
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Wendy
Johnson: Wendy Johnson is a co-producer of the documentary 'The Baluch' and has a Master's degree in Languages and Literature of South Asia. |
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Abdul
Hamid Khan: Chairman of the Balawaristan National
Front (BNF).
Please visit Balawaristan
National Front website for more information on Balawaristan.
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Ryzek
Lutzk: Balochi Linguist, Germany |
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Dr.
Jumma Marri: balochunity.com |
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Munir Mengal: Munir Mengal is the managing director
of Baloch Voice based in Paris, France. He hails
from the remote Mashkay area in Awaran, Pakistan
Occupied Balochistan. He had planned to launch a
Balochi and Brohi language satellite TV channel called "Baloch
Voice." But Pakistani intelligence agencies abducted
him on April 4, 2006. After being freed on 23rd
April 2008, he came to France with the help of Reporters
Sans Frontieres. He has attended two UNHCR council sessions
and made speeches at events organized by the
UNPO and Interfaith International. |
Bangkok
Declaration and Concept Note |
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for video (incomplete clip) |
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Baseer
Naveed: Asian Human Rights Commission |
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Mehrab
Sarjov: activist |
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Sushant
Sareen: Journalist and senior fellow, VIF |
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| Our
apologies as we continue to gather participant photos,
bios and papers... |
(Please
note, this is a very incomplete collection of papers
and photos.
I will add items as I receive them.) |
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