Baloch “pro-independence” leader Dr Allah Nazar Baloch has accused the Balochistan chief minister of enacting a “draconian detention law,” alleging it was imposed on the advice of “his masters.”
In a statement posted on the social media platform Truth Social, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief said he was appealing to international human rights organizations to “raise their voices against this tyranny.”
He claimed the detention centres established under the law were reminiscent of “Nazi concentration camps.”
Dr Allah Nazar said Pakistan’s law-enforcement agencies were abducting and disappearing “on average, five people daily,” and alleged that the state’s “kill and dump” policy in Balochistan had “further intensified.”
He also addressed Baloch parliamentarians who, he said, presented themselves as non-violent. “If that is truly the case,” he asked, “why is there complete silence in the face of such brutal actions by the hard state? Silence in times of injustice is complicity.”
The BLF leader said the world was moving toward a multipolar order but that the United Nations retained “moral and legal responsibility.” He urged the UN, the European Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and “the global intelligentsia” to speak out against what he described as the “ongoing genocide of the Baloch nation.”
Dr Allah Nazar said the Baloch freedom movement was legitimate and conducted “in accordance with international laws and principles.” He added that history would judge those who resisted oppression as well as those “who chose to look away.”