Baloch American Congress Seeks United States to Stop Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan
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Friday, March 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Baloch American Congress (BAC) has announced a campaign to draw the attention of the U.S. government, lawmakers, and human rights defenders to the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan in Southwest Asia.
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- WASHINGTON, March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Baloch American Congress (BAC) has announced a campaign to draw the attention of the U.S. government, lawmakers, and human rights defenders to the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan in Southwest Asia.
- Dr. Tara Chand said, "Pakistan state security services such as the Southern Command of Pakistan army, Inter-Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence, and paramilitary Frontier Corps have been carrying out enforced disappearances in Balochistan with impunity."
- "Meanwhile, new cases of enforced disappearances are being reported even now," the statement concluded.
- The DC-based Baloch American Congress was launched in November by Dr. Tara Chand Baloch ,a former Baloch government minister, with the aim of drawing U.S. attention to the tsunami of human rights violations in Balochistan.