A Polish member of the European Parliament who has worked closely with the Baloch activists at the U.N. Human Rights Council and the European Parliament has condemned Islamabad for its kill-and-dump policy in Balochistan.
Ryszard Czarnecki, Polish member of the European Parliament and chairman of the European Friends of Balochistan, urged the sending of an EU fact-finding mission to Balochistan.
Poland currently holds the rotating chair of the European Parliament.
Poland was enraged with Pakistan over the beheading of Polish engineer Piotr Stanczak by the Pakistani Taliban in February 2009. The Polish government accused powerful sections within Pakistan’s intelligence establishment of abetting in the crime.
“We welcome the statement of the honorable member Czarnecki. I am delighted to see the voice of Balochistan is now being heard in Europe as well. Pakistan must end its genocide in Balochistan,” said Jane Weisner, of Amherst, Mass., who is a human rights defender and presiding council member of the American Friends of Balochistan.
“Like the Americans, Afghans , the Europeans, Indians and the Baloch, the Poles too have suffered heavily at the hands of I.S.I. terrorism in and around Afghanistan,” Weisner lamented.
“The worst off, by far, are the Baloch people. My message to Islamabad is hands off Balochistan,” Weisner demanded.
One of the longest-serving U.S. senators, Senator Barbara Mikulski, who is of Polish descent, has come out openly against Pakistan’s atrocities in Balochistan.
Prominent among the Europe-based activists are Mehran Baluch and his nephew Noordin Mengal, Moscow-based Jumma Marri, London-based Samad Baloch and Faiz Baluch, Paris-based Munir Mengal and Bilal Baloch, Stockholm-based Nasser Boladai, Geneva-based former senator Sanaullah Mengal.
The European Friends of Balochistan was launched with the assistance of Mehran Baluch.
Laurie Deamer, A.F.B. Presiding council member who worked in Geneva last year with Mehran Baluch, lauded the young leader’s efforts.
“I am sure Mehran Baluch dedication towards the Baloch cause will help the people of Balochistan realize their dream of getting their right to self-determination without outside coercion,” she said.
Mehran Baluch, who advocates a united front, is a brother-in-law of Brahumdagh Bugti and was roommates with former Balochistan chief minister and “Baloch Nelson Mandela” Sardar Akhtar Mengal in London.
A ccording to Mehran Baluch, he was sent to Geneva more than 10 years ago by former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Ataullah Menga while his father was behind bars in Pakistanl.