Press Wire - Office of the Member of the European Parliament
< prwire.ep@gmail.com > wrote:
URGENT
PRESS RELEASE
Pakistan Criticized
in the European Parliament for arrest and killing of Baluch Nationalist Leaders
Wednesday
5 th December 2007, Brussels, Belgium , European Parliament:
The
'South Asia Peace Forum,' an initiative of the Members
of the European Parliament, held an urgent meeting
to discuss the recent arrest of Herbiyar
Marri by the British Authorities on behest of Pakistan
and the killing of his brother Balach Marri, both sons
of Balochistan Leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri.
Pakistan was criticized for its illegal and indirect
ways to pressurize and curb Baloch Human Rights workers living outside Pakistan
by pressuring them to stop activities for welfare of the citizens of Kingdom
of Balochistan, having them arrested by local government, stopped at the customs
and searched for hours even though citizen of the local country and making forged
police cases against the Balochi's living abroad.
The MEPs (Member of the European
Parliament) condemned the targeted killing of Baloch Patriotic leader Balach
Marri by the Pakistani Punjabi Army and urged the British Authorities not to
hand over the Herbiyar Marri to the Pakistani army, as the Pakistan had repeatedly
made it very clear of what they want to do with Nawab Akbar Bugti, Herbiyar,
Balach and other Baluchs who have taken a stand for the rights of Baluch people.
Pakistan was told to stop it's activities against Baluchi's living abroad and
mass killings in Baluchistan.
The MEPs also supported for organizing a meeting on Balochistan and report on
the actual situation of Balochistan prepared by the European Parliament and be
presented in the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Release from the Office of Mr. Marek
Aleksander Czarnecki
Member of the European Parliament
Member of Group of South
Asia
Member of South Asia Peace Forum Member of Baloch Forum
Tel 32 2 284 7194 Fax 32 2 284 9194 Email: marekaleksander.czarnecki@europarl.europa.eu / prwire.ep@gmail.com
(Assistant)
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