WikiLeaks, Balochistan & U.S. Foreign Policy
American Friends of Balochistan
Press Release / December 3, 2010
Media contact: +0013019570008
The latest Wikileaks reports have revealed an extremely dangerous trend in U.S. foreign policy: the State Department is relying solely on Pakistan military and the infamous inter-Services intelligence when it comes to U.S. foreign policy pertaining to Balochistan, in stead of involving the genuine leadership of Balochistan, notably Hyrbyair Marri, Brahumdagh Bugti and Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch.
Pakistan is also continuing with its omnibus human rights violations in Balochistan. On December 1, 2010 Pakistan military raided the home of Mekran notable Ayub Jan Gichki and killed five people, including his two young sons.
On October 26, 2010 the Amnesty International reported that Pakistan has extra judicially killed as many as 40 people in less than four months and had expressed its concern over the kill and dump policy adopted by Islamabad:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE201010261927%E2%8C%A9=e
The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances also condemned Pakistan's kill and dump in Balochistan:
http://www.afad-online.org/issues/sahtteredlives2010.htm
To review the situation in the backdrop of the latest WikiLeaks revelations, we are holding a conference in Washington DC.
Texas-sized Balochistan is extremely "sexy" in geo-strategic terms as it forms the northern lip of the Straits of Hormuz. Balochistan is an island of secularism in a sea of religious extremism but the step-motherly treatment being meted out to it by the State Department does not augur well for the long-term interests of the U.S. in the region.
I shall really appreciate if you may please confirm you received this invite.
Await response.
Sincerely,
Ahmar Mustikhan cell 301 957 0008 Founder, American Friends of Balochistan
www.bygwaah.com
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-baltimore/ahmar-mustikhan
WikiLeaks, Balochistan & U.S. Foreign Policy
Date: December 6th, 2010, 11am
Location: Reeves Center (DC Government Building). Green Line to U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station
Address: 2000 14th Street NW Washington, D.C., 20009 (map)
American Friends of Balochistan
WikiLeaks, Balochistan & U.S. Foreign Policy
In the backdrop of the WikiLeaks releases, you are invited to partake in a discussion in Washington DC on U.S. foreign policy in the Afpak Region with special reference to Balochistan — scene of the worst human rights violations in Asia.
Key U.S. scholars, journalists and activists are attending the event.
Tel 3019570008 or email me at
ahmar_scribe@yahoo.com
Second Floor, Reeves Center (DC Government Building). Green Line to U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station 2000 14th Street NW Washington, D.C., 20009
When:
December 6th, 2010, 11am
