8,000 of its men, women and children have been reported missing in Pakistani occupied Balochistan.Hyrbyair Marri

London: As part of the 'International Struggle Week Against Disappearances', ICAD held a very detailed and informative public meeting on the subject of 'Disappearances, Impunity and Global Justice' in SOAS University in London on Saturday 22nd May.Several people from different communities and organisations as well as students and relatives of disappeared attended the meeting, in which speakers included philosopher Claudio Chipana, Puni Selvaratnam of the Tamil community, Hyrbyair Marri of the Baluch community, Kiko Moraiz of the Basque community and Kasim of the Kurdish Community Centre.The speakers gave detailed accounts of the struggles of their respective peoples and facts and figures relating to the number of disappearances, as well as thoughts on how to improve and build on an international struggle against disappearances.Puni Selvaratnam described disappearance as "a crime against humanity and a euphemism for torture in all possible forms" and stated that in Sri Lanka, one of the worst cases of disappearances, there have been more than 1500 people disappeared in 4 years, of which a large number were under 19 years of age. She described the involvement of the highest levels of power in disappearances and torture centres, and stated that justice for the recent atrocities by the Sri Lankan state against the Tamils will not be attained through the U.N's enquiries
.Many of the people attending the meeting had not known about the Baluch national liberation struggle until Hyrbyair Marri's speech. There is a population of 20 million people of Baluch inhabit Iranian occupied Baluchistan, Pakistan occupied Baluchistan and Afghanistan administered Baluchistan. Also, a large number of the Baluch live in Diaspora mainly in Arab Gulf states, Africa and some European countries. Mr Marri gave graphic information about the history and struggle of Balochistan which is occupied by Pakistan and Iran. He stated that 5 deadly operations have been carried out by the Pakistani state on Balochistan since 1948, that it has tested its nuclear weapon on the region and that torture, execution, displacement and disappearances are common methods used against the Baluch people, of which 8,000 of its men, women and children have been reported missing in Pakistani occupied Balochistan.
He further stated that extra judicial arrests of Baluch people, killings and forced-disappearance have become daily routine by the state Intelligence agencies in both Eastern and Western occupied Baluchistan. Many thousands of Baluch have been imprisoned, tortured, executed and displaced. Giving some examples as the “tip of iceberg” to illustrate the extent of inhumane treatment of the Baluch people by the states of Iran and Pakistan, he said the Iranian occupied Baluchistan merely comprise about 5% of the total population of Iran while more than half of people executed by the Islamic regime of Iran in the recent years were Baluch.
Kiko Moraiz of Bask County spoke thoroughly about the plight of the people of Bask country and give details of the arbitrarily arrests and other human right violation by the Spanish government. He said only quality, transparency and accountability can help ease the tension Bask Country.
The question of justice was discussed, and Kasim of Kurdish Community Centre put forward the question of what the concept of justice is, that if the individual perpetrators of disappearances are brought to court and punished, is this justice, when the state itself is the problem. He also described disappearances by the Turkish state on the Kurdish peoples and stated that "Disappearances have become a part of our lives: we have internalised it".The meeting concluded with contributions by the attendees, where the idea of a database of collected information of all the disappeared around the world was put forward. It was pointed out that states use disappearance to enforce power and authority and that national liberation and class conflict are the reasons for it. A relative of a disappeared stated that one needs to know what happened to his or her disappeared relative or friend and that he or she needs a grave because it is an important part of the grieving process and reconciliation. In the discussion of long term struggle, Hyrbyar Marri stated that "the U.N. is a club of state nations, not a place for stateless nations", and it was agreed that international organisations such as ICAD are needed in the long term struggle against disappearances.

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