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Baloch Leader's Plea: Why Global Silence on Pakistan's Brutality Must End

Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch has written a powerful letter to the international community. He details the extreme brutality of Pakistani forces, including air strikes, happening right now. Baloch accuses Army Chief General Asim Munir of trying to sell the region's valuable minerals while attacking its people. He calls for concrete global action, arguing that silence makes the world complicit in these injustices.

Key Points: Mir Yar Baloch Accuses Pakistan Army Chief of Looting Resources

  • Activist accuses Pakistan's army chief of selling trillions in Baloch minerals to foreign powers
  • Letter highlights air strikes and military ops crushing indigenous aspirations
  • Mir states the struggle is for a free Balochistan with equal rights and shared prosperity
  • He calls for an end to the illegal occupation by Pakistani and Iranian forces
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Rights leader calls on global community to act against Pakistan's brutality in Balochistan

Baloch rights leader Mir Yar Baloch urges global action against Pakistan's military operations and resource exploitation in Balochistan on Human Rights Day.

"This day exists to remind governments... that silence in the face of injustice is complicity. - Mir Yar Baloch"

Quetta, Dec 10

Leading Baloch human rights defender, Mir Yar Baloch, on Wednesday wrote to the international community highlighting the "extreme brutality" of Pakistani forces, including air strikes and large-scale military operations across Balochistan.

The human rights activist accused Pakistani Army chief General Asim Munir of trying to sell Balochistan's minerals and rare earth resources, valued in trillions of dollars, to foreign powers.

His letter came on International Human Rights Day, celebrated on Wednesday, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10 1948.

"Pakistan's occupational forces continue to deploy extreme brutality, including air power and large-scale military operations, to crush the legitimate and indigenous aspirations of the Baloch people. Our struggle is not one of chaos; it is a struggle of hope for a free Balochistan where equal rights prevail, prosperity is shared, and no land is used to breed terror or extremism," Mir stated.

"Today, under the radical and militarised regime of General Asim Munir, Pakistan is attempting to sell trillions of dollars' worth of Balochistan's minerals and rare earth resources to foreign powers, while simultaneously conducting massive military operations against the very people who own this land," he added.

Mir emphasised that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted to guarantee dignity, freedom, equality, and justice, is not "privileges reserved for the powerful", but inalienable rights of every person.

"This day exists to remind governments, international institutions, and global powers that silence in the face of injustice is complicity," he stated

The human rights activist alleged that the Baloch are being punished "not for violence, but for opposing illegal occupation, exploitation, loot, and plunder".

Mir emphasised that the continued "illegal presence of Pakistani and Iranian forces" in Balochistan remains the root cause of the gross and ongoing human rights violations. Until this occupation ends, he said, "justice will remain a slogan rather than a reality".

"We are struggling to preserve our identity; to safeguard our resources, boundaries, culture, language, and very existence and existence deliberately eroded by the regimes in Islamabad and Tehran," Mir stated.

He also called on the international community to move beyond "selective morality" and take immediate, concrete action to end the human rights violations in Balochistan.

- IANS

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Rohit P
Pakistan's establishment has always had a problem with internal dissent. From Bangladesh to Balochistan, the story is the same – brutal military crackdowns. The world's silence is indeed complicity. Hope the UN takes note on Human Rights Day itself.
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David E
While the situation sounds dire, I hope any international action is carefully considered. Regional stability is fragile. A balanced approach that pressures the state to respect rights without causing further destabilization is crucial.
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Ananya R
"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity" – such a powerful line. It applies everywhere. We in India must also be vigilant about rights in our own regions. But what's happening in Balochistan, if true, is on another level entirely. The mineral loot angle is very serious.
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Karthik V
The struggle to preserve language, culture, and identity... this resonates deeply. No people should have their existence eroded. The world often talks about human rights only when it's geopolitically convenient. Mir Yar Baloch is right to call out "selective morality".
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Sarah B
The allegations about selling resources are massive. If there's evidence, it should be presented to international bodies. It's hard to verify claims from either side in such conflicts, but the call for an independent investigation seems fair.

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