Baloch and Sindhi leaders protested jointly against the ongoing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Balochistan outside the Chinese embassy in London.
This is the first such joint protest by the activists belonging to different organisations for the common purpose of ceasing CPEC activities and preventing gross human rights violations.
The umbrella protest includes the Sindhi Baloch Forum (SBF), the World Sindhi Congress (WSC), the Baloch National Movement (BNM), the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), the Baloch Human Rights Council UK (BHRC-UK), the Baloch Students’ and Youth Association (BSYA) and the Baloch Students’ organisation.
The protest was attended by activists and nationalist leaders who shouted slogans against Pakistan security agencies for committing gross human rights violations in the name of an economic pact.
They claimed that thousands of people were displaced to facilitate a wide array of projects under the CPEC without a proper plan of rehabilitation or compensation.
World Sindhi Congress chairperson Laku Luhana told ANI that the CPEC was not an economic project, but rather a matter of life and death for the Baloch and the Sindhis.
(With inputs from ANI)
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