The Baloch president of a Paris-based organization, who was a torture victim and survived Pakistan’s gestapo, took the Balochistan demands to an international conference in Bonn that was officially boycotted by Pakistan.
Munir Mengal, president of the Baloch Voice Foundation, cautioned the participants Instead of risking any agreement with so-called “moderate” Talibans, and the ISI supported terrorists, the aim of the war on terror was to give a true freedom to the people and eliminate terrorism from the region.
Mengal met with the German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, who is openly gay, and suggested a second “Bonn Conference on Balochistan.”
Mengal’s list of demands included Pakistan should stop sponsoring all sorts of religious terrorism, and particularly the genocide of the secular Baloch people through Military-Mullah allied operations.
"The world community must take notice of the state sponsored religious terrorism and of the illegal occupation of the Balochistan by the Pakistani state and call for an International Conference on Balochistan," Mengal urged.
Houston-based Malik Baloch, presiding council member of the American Friends of Balochistan, lauded the initiative of Mengal and called upon democracy-loving and secular governments to step up to the plate to end the genocide in Balochistan.
Mengal has been active in Geneva to raise the profile of Balochistan. Early last year, he organized a conference on Balochistan in Bangkok, Thailand.
Quite a few Baloch activists are struggling to create awareness about Balochistan.
These activists include former senator Sanaullah Baloch, Mehran Baloch and Norrdin Mengal (Geneva and Brussels), Dr. Jumma Marri and Sher Alam Marri (Russia), who are sons of legendary Baloch guerilla leaders Mir Hazar Khan Ramkhani and the late “General” Sher Mohammed Marri.
The prominent organizations are American Friends of Balochistan, Baloch Society of North America, Baloch Human Rights Council, (UK and Canada), and International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons.
Pakistan boycotted the conference to protest NATO killing of two dozen Pakistan soldiers, who believe in jihad and were allegedly assisting the Taliban forces.
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