Baloch activists in Norway, Sweden and London 

have held simultaneous protests 

demonstrations and protest camps on 26 June 

the international day in support of torture 

victims. 

Norway: In Norway a protest demonstration was held in front of Parliament house in Oslo. Waheed Baluch of BSO-Azad while addressing the gathering urged the international community and world human rights organisations to take notice of the on-going serious human rights violations in Baluchistan by Iran and Pakistan. He said that abduction of innocent Baluch activists and extra-judicial killing of Baluch activists by Pakistani security agencies have become daily routine. He urged the world democratic powers and the UN to take notice of the atrocities against Baluch people. The protester distributed leaflets and other literature about Baluchistan situation and violation of human rights of Baluch people. Waheed Baluch said he hopes that Norway will play a leading role in pressuring Pakistan and Iran to stop gross violation of human rights in Baluchistan. Sweden: BSO-Azad and International Voice for Bauch Missing Persons held a joint protest in Gothenburg, the second largest city of Sweden. Members of Azerbaijan community and others also joined the Baluch protest in show their support for the victims of torture in Baluchistan. Aherdad Baluch of BSO-Azad briefed the visitors regarding Baluchistan situation and aid that Pakistan and Iran were equally responsible for gross human rights violation of Baluch and other nations under their occupation. He said Pakistani state terrorism was not only confined to Baluchistan but people Baluch people from Karachi and other areas of Sindh have also been target killed by state’s civilian death squads. He urged the UN, UE and other democratic powers to raise voice against state atrocities in Baluchistan because the Pakistani security agencies are continuing their killed and dump policy of Baluch people with impunity. London: The International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons and BSO-Azad (UK) joined the London Guantánamo Campaign (LGC) at a multilingual "No to Torture" vigil in Trafalgar Square to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the twenty fifth anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture becoming law on 26 June 1987. A large number of activists from different nationalities have come together with one simple message, "NO TO TORTURE". Others who supported the vigil included anti-war campaigners from the Stop The War Coalition, human rights activists from Amnesty International, the Free Mumia Campaign, Free Bradley Manning and Hands off Somalia.With its display of one simple message in over 30 languages, including Arabic, Persian, Indonesian, Swahili, Finnish, Greek, Russian, Hebrew, Baluchi and others, the action was a hit with tourists and passers-by who engaged with its simple message and stopped to check if their own language was included and to see how many they read and/or identify. Lots of people stopped to talk to the activists and expressed their support. That torture is always wrong and illegal is quite obvious to ordinary people; unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the politicians who sign the very instruments that ban it.The purpose of this quiet and dignified vigil was to mark this date and this anniversary and show solidarity with victims of torture the world over, most of who suffer in silence and terribly, long after the immediate physical and psychological terror has ended. Another protest camp was held near Edmonton Station in North London by Baluch activists to spread public awareness regarding Baluchistan issue. Zahid Baluch briefed the visitors of camp and distributed IVBMP leaflets about on human rights violation in Baluchistan. He said even though 26 June was an international day designated for support of torture victims but Baluch people were being torture and killed regularly by Pakistani and Iranian security forces. He said the world must take notice of Iran and Pakistan’s brutalities against Baluch people and paly their role to bring end to these violations of human rights.

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