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Press Release: Nov 14, 2007, Wash. DC
The
World Sindhi Institute (WSI) has been invited
to attend the 83rd session of the U.N.'s Working
Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in
Geneva, Switzerland. The session will be held from
November 21 to 30, 2007. Mr. Munawar Laghari, Executive
Director for WSI, will represent the Institute at
the meeting of the Working Group on November 22,
2007 in the Salle IX of the Palais des Nations.
Annual Conference Nov 10, 2007 speech by Maqbool
Aliani
US-based
Sindhis criticise emergency rule in Pakistan, DailyIndia.com,
Washington, Nov 10, 2007
Nov 9, 2007: Peaceful Demonstration
in front of the White House
World
Sindhi Institute
Venue: Lafayette Park , in front of The White House
Date: November 09, 2007
Time: 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
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Speak
Up Series beginning July 12, 2007
Sponsored by the World
Sindhi Institute (WSI). Beginning July 12, 2007, a series of open discussion
forums on various topics of international importance and academic value, emerging
from Southern Pakistan. click here for event
pdf; or full press
release |
14th August:
Independence Day of Pakistan,
Commemoration Day of the ‘Disappeared' for Sindhis and
Baloch
WSI and BSO-NA protest in front
of Pakistan Embassy on August 14, 2007, click
for report of event |
Dr. Wahid Baloch, Pres. BSO-NA
Baloch Nationalist to organise "WORLD
BALOCH CONFERENCE": “...Without Baloch unity we will not be able to protect
our land, coasts and resources from the outsiders and looters...”, Aug 12, 2007,
IntelliBriefs
14th August: Baloch
and Sindhi Groups to de-celebrate Pakistan's independence day',
...more,
Aug 8, 2007
BSO-NA
President to go on Hunger Strike to support the Baloch Women Panel |
| Press release,
Aug 3, 2007: Governor Owais Ghani of Balochistan
Comes to Washington at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies. Click for press
release; list
of disappeared |
| New Report: LONDON:
A protest demonstration was held on 15 July 2007 in 10 Downing
street London, in front of PM house. The protest was organised
by WSC (World
Sindhi Congress), SBF (Sindhi
Baloch Forum) BAC (Balochistan Action Committee) and BRM
(Balochistan Rights Movement). A number of Baloch, Sindhi and
other human rights activist from all over the UK have participated
in this demonstration to record their protest against Pakistani
atrocities in Sindh and Balochistan... Read full
report. |
Press Release:
World Sindhi Institute meets with State Dept.
Washington, Jul 6, 2007: World Sindhi Institute met with representatives from
the US Department of State to discuss the interests of the Sindhi and Baloch
people in light of the current situation in Pakistan. Click here for full
report. |
| Balochistan
and other oppressed nationalities case in British Parliament,
BalochPeople.org, London, Jul 3, 2007 |
Discussion
Forum, Wash. D.C., June 8, 6-8pm:
“Pakistan: With terrorists in government and the U.S. in denial, where do we
go from here?”
For more info, click
here |
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Hosted
by the
World Sindhi Institute
National Press Club
Zenger Room
529 14 th St. NW
13 th Floor
Washington DC, 20045
Friday, June 8th, 6-8pm |
Expected Speakers:
Dr. Manzoor Aijaz: Writer, Economist, Journalist ‘Daily Times'
Mr. Iqbal Tareen: Human Rights Activist
Mr. Zahid Makhdoom: President, WSI
Mr. Haider Nizamani: University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver,
Canada
Ms. Nafisa Hoodbhoy: Voice of America (Speaker & Moderator) |
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| Protestors
at Washington, D.C. rally on May 19, 2007 |
| Rally: In Washington,
DC To Condemn Karachi Massacre, for more pictures, for
details, and in Toronto |
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| Displaced Baloch children
who have been provided note books, pens and blankets
on behalf of Baloch Communty Sweden and Norway: Six
Thousand Blankets, note books and pens have been
distributed to Displaced
Baloch people on behalf of Baloch community in
Sweden and Norway. (Other gallery
photos) |
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Press Release,
13 Apr. 07:
(by Balochistan Action Committee, balochactions@yahoo.co.uk)
download
letter to Tony Blair or read letter online; read
full press release |
| NATIONALIST
IDENTITY vs. UNIONIST STATE by Ms. Humaira Rahman, Director
WSI (Canada), seminar organized by Tufts and Harvard Universities,
Apr. 6 & 7, 2007 |
| International
Women’s Day Event, Toronto, Canada, organized by World
Sindhi Institute: www.worldsindhi.org),
March 9 & 10, 2007 |
| Report
on March 23 conference: Wash., DC: “OPPRESSED
NATIONS OF PAKISTAN: Self Determination, Autonomy and Sovereignty”,
organized by World Sindhi Institute: www.worldsindhi.org) |
London,
10 Downing Street, Feb. 25, 2007: Protest
against illegal arrests in Sindh and Balochistan and military
operation in Balochistan, organized
by World Sindhi Institute:
www.worldsindhi.org),
Baluchistan Action Committee, Baluchistan Rights
Movement (BRM) and Sindhi Baluch Forum (SBF) |
| Wash. DC: REPORT:
SEMINAR ON “DISAPPEARANCES IN PAKISTAN”,
Feb. 27, by www.worldsindhi.org and ‘Where
are Pakistan's disappeared', by Khalid
Hasan, Daily Times, Feb. 24, 2007 |
| Feb.
4 London Demonstration: Pakistan committing FLAGRANT violations
of Human Rights in Balochistan, International Community must
NOT turn a blind eye, Location:
U.S. Embassy, Balochwarna.org, Feb. 5, 2007 |
| (More on Feb.
4 London demonstration) Baloch
Seek US help Releasing Political Detainees in Pakistan by
Walid Garboni |
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London
Seminar: Why Balochistan Matters
"Insurgency and the politics of Military rule in Pakistan" was organised
by The Foreign Policy Centre with the collaboration of (BRM) Balochistan Rights
Movement on 04 December 2006 in the British House of Parliament.
Click for
audio files of speakers Selig Harrison, Mehran Baluch, Dr Naseer
Dasht, Dr Lakhu Luhana, and others. |
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