Washington DC
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
American Friends of Balochistan Enforced Disappearance is a Crime Against Humanity
Dear participants: I welcome you all in advance to the International Day of the Disappeared round table conference, August 30 at 2 pm, Murrow Room, National Press Club. Thousands of people all over the world are victims of enforced disappearances. This crime against humanity was promoted as a state policy under Adolf Hitler called "Nacht und Nebel" or "Night and Fog" to instil fear in the hearts of the general populace in the occupied territories and is continuing with impunity in Balochistan and elsewhere as we gather in the U.S. capital to pay tributes to the victims and their families across the world in multiple nations. Please see the names and organizations of the people who have confirmed attendance s of 9: 30 pm Monday: T. Kumar, Asia Director, Amnesty International Washington DC Clothilde Le Coz, Washington DC Director, Reporters Without Borders Jay Shankara, Communications Director, Hindu American Foundation Nazir S. Bhatti, President, Pakistan Christian Congress Tufail Ahmad, South Asia Director, MEMRI Dr. Karim Abdian, Executive Director, Ahwaz Human Rights Organization Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, President, Voice of Copts Jeffery Imm, President, R.E.A.L. Esther Ejim, Executive Director, Naija Worldwide Charities Keri Douglas, Founder, Nine Muses International Frank Fletcher, Independent Writer Ibrahim Nasr, Reporter, Voice of America Syed Abdul Rahim, Reporter, BBC Tejinder Singh, senior journalist Lalit Jha, Press Trust of India Anwar Iqbal, DAWN Paul Johnson, Canadian broadcast journalist I am still awaiting word from the Human Rights Watch. It is an irony that this day is being marked on Eid, or Muslim Christmas, but this might act as a symbolic gesture of solidarity at least 1,300 documented cases of enforced disappearances in Occupied Balochistan and thousands of other unresolved cases across the world. I am requesting Clothilde Le Coz of the Reporters Without Borders and Mr. T. Kumar of Amnesty International to be the two co-chair of the event. The event will begin at 2 pm with three minutes of silence for victims of enforced disappearances all over the world. The set-up is the speakers will be asked to come to the podium and speak for five minutes each. Messages of Balochistan leaders and activists will then be read out. Following that Ms. Le Coz and Mr. T. Kumar will deliver their keynote addresses. (All speakers are kindly requested to send me their brief bios of about 70 words.) This will be followed by a question and answer session. Enforced disappearances are clearly a crime against humanity and we must all in one voice demand that this Hitlerite policy of Nacht und Nebel must stop, from Occupied Balochistan in Asia to Mexico in America. We here in U.S.A. pride that this country is one of the best democracies in the world, but it is regrettable that it has not yet ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance. The National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor – Washington, DC 20045 Tel: 202-662-7500(The closest metro station is Metro Center and you will take the 13th Street exit). As part of Balochistan hospitality all participants are most welcome to join me for a simple dinner after the event. The A.F.B. likes to recognize the help of all Baloch and Americans for their kind help and support, specially Laurie Deamer of Philadelphia, Jane Weisner of Massachusetts and Kimberly Crichton of Washington DC, for their help to stop the tsunami of human rights violations and genocide in Occupied Balochistan. Look forward to seeing you all. May there be peace on earth. Sincerely, Ahmar Mustikhan Founder, American Friends of Balochistan Co-founder, International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Cell 301 957 0008 twitter.com/mustikhan CC: The honorable James P. McGovern and Frank R. Wolf, co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives; the honorable Barney Frank, member Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission About the A.F.B. : The pro-independence American Friends Balochistan of endeavors to expose the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide being perpetrated on the Baloch people in Pakistan and Iran by the world's two dangerous Islamic republics.
