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Baloch royal leader
seeks asylum
Khan of Kalat appeals this Friday
London - 27 November 2008
His Highness Beglar Begi, Suleman Khan Ahmedzai, the
Khan of Kalat, aged 45, will appeal for asylum in the UK
this Friday, 28 November, at a tribunal in Newport,
Wales.
Regarded by many Baloch people as their monarch and head
of state, he was refused asylum in October 2007.
Fridays appeal hearing will take place at 10am at the
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Newport, Columbus House,
Chepstow Road, Langstone, Newport , NP18 2LX (0845 600
0877).
Suleman Ahmedzai is head of the royal household and a
national leader in Balochistan, where Pakistan is waging
a war against the Baloch people - a war that has been
condemned for its widespread human rights abuses by
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (see the
links to human rights reports below).
In June 2007, he sought sanctuary in the UK, fearing
arrest and murder, following the killing of another
Baloch national leader, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, by
Pakistani forces during bombing raids in 2006. Bugti was
former Pakistani Minister of Defence, and former
Governor and Chief Minister of Balochistan.
Suleman Ahmedzai's fears are well founded. A fellow
nationalist leader, Balaach Marri, was murdered by
Pakistani government agents in November 2007.
His asylum appeal is supported by human rights
campaigner Peter Tatchell:
"The Khan is is seen by many Baloch people as their head
of state. His treatment by the British government has
been squalid and disrespectful," said Mr Tatchell.
"Suleman Ahmedzai is the direct descendant of the Khan
of Kalat, the monarch of the state of Kalat, who signed
a Treaty with the British government in 1876, making
what is now Balochistan a British Protectorate.
"His grandfather was head of state when Balochistan
secured its brief period of independence in 1947, before
it was invaded and annexed by Pakistan in 1948. He
attended the Queen's coronation in 1953, with other
world leaders, as the honoured guest of the British
government.
"Refusing Suleman Ahmedzai asylum is symptomatic of a
pattern of harassment of Baloch refugees by the UK
authorities.
"Pakistan's military and intelligence services have
threatened to end all cooperation with the UK unless our
government cracks down on Baloch dissidents exiled here.
This may be part of the reason why Suleman Ahmedzai has
had such difficulty in gaining asylum.
"The government wants to appease the Pakistanis, in
order to secure their continuing cooperation in the 'war
on terror'. It is embarrassed by the Khan's presence in
the UK and is trying to make things difficult for him.
"The UK government aided and abetted the illegal
dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf, selling him military
equipment used to prosecute Pakistan's illegal war in
Balochistan - a war that has involved the perpetration
of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
"Under threat of arrest and imprisonment, in 1948
Suleman Ahmedzai's grandfather signed the treaty of
accession which surrendered the independence of the
Kalat state (Balochistan) and incorporated it into
Pakistan. Both houses of the Kalat parliament - and
Baloch public opinion - opposed the incorporation. The
Baloch people have always been refused a vote on
self-rule by successive Pakistani regimes. Ever since,
for 60 years, Balochistan has been under military
occupation and its people crushed by five bloody wars
launched by Islamabad," said Mr Tatchell.
Further information contact:
The Khan of Kalat, Suleman Ahmedzai - 0786 4033 185
Peter Tatchell - 020 7403 1790
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Briefings on Pakistan's human rights abuses in
Balochistan
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
http://www.hrcp-web.org/balochistan_mission.cfm
and
http://www.hrcp-web.org/images/publication/balochistan%20report/pdf/balochistan_report.pdf
Asian Human Rights Commission
http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2006statements/708
International Crisis Group
www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4373
Amnesty International
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGASA330042006
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=17865&prog=zgp&proj=zsa&zoom_highlight=Baluchistan
Human Rights Watch
http://hrw.org/wr2k8/pdfs/pakistan.pdf
Watch this TV interview by Peter Tatchell with Mehran
Baluch, the Baloch representative to the UN Human Rights
Council:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15574249Ka8gKRt6
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Letter to PM Gordon Brown
Excerpts from a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown
from the Khan of Kalat and other Baloch representatives,
dated 30 March 2008:
"In accordance to clauses of the 1876 treaty between the
Kalat State (Balochistan) and the British Empire, the
independence of Kalat was announced by the then ruler of
Kalat, Mir Ahmad Yar Khan, in 1947, prior to the
creation of Pakistan.
"After the partition of India and the creation of the
religious state of Pakistan, the newly-independent
Baloch state came under tremendous pressure both from
Pakistan and the colonial authorities in India for a
merger of the Kalat with Pakistan.
"However, both the Houses of Parliament of Kalat (House
of Commons and House of Lords) unanimously voted not to
join Pakistan and resolved to retain its independence.
Ultimately, when the Pakistani government could not bend
the Baloch will to remain independent by sabre rattling,
the Pakistan army invaded the Kalat State to get the
merger statement from the Khan of Kalat at gun point....
"The people of Balochistan have never accepted the
illegal occupation of their country by the religious
state of Pakistan which is dominated by the Punjabi
nationality, and they have waged a genuine democratic
national resistance. Since its annexation, except for a
few brief periods, Balochistan has been under military
occupation and siege. The natural resources of the
Baloch people have been looted criminally...The Balochi
language and culture have been suppressed in colonial
style.
"Pakistan's military-dominated establishment...have
committed gross atrocities and serious war crimes
against the Baloch population. A ruthless military
operation has been going on in Balochistan since last
five years....(which) has resulted in the loss of life
for thousands of the Baloch people, including children,
women and elderly, and has resulted in displacement of
hundreds and thousands of civilian Baloch population.
The national leaders of Balochistan have been in prison
without trial, humiliated and target killed by Pakistani
civil and military authorities. Thousands of political
activists have been kidnapped, tortured and killed......
"We genuinely believe that it is the moral duty of Great
Britain to assist the Baloch people in ending the
illegal occupation of their country, as per the treaty
of 1876 between the Great Britain and the State of Kalat
(Balochistan)."
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Baloch to go to any lengths for rights: Khan of Kalat
Dawn newspaper, Pakistan, 8 November 2004
Dawn is Pakistan's leading daily newspaper
http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/08/top2.htm
The thrust of the Khan's arguments was on the unique
position Kalat enjoyed in August 1947 when the British
left the subcontinent. Unlike the hundreds of other
princely states in British India, he said, Nepal and
Kalat occupied an entirely different position. Kalat had
the right to have diplomatic relations with other
countries, and the British paid "taxes" to Kalat, while
in the case of the princely states the situation was the
other way around.
Between August 1947, when the British left the
subcontinent, and March 1948, Kalat was an independent
country. Unlike Pakistan, which became independent on
August 14, 1947, Kalat became independent six days
earlier - on Aug 8. It acceded to Pakistan on March 27,
1948, after the Khan of Kalat, His Highness Baglar Begi
- the present Khan's grandfather - signed an agreement
with the Quaid-i-Azam.
According to the terms of the agreement, the centre was
to control only four subjects: defence, foreign affairs,
communications and currency. In all other matters, Kalat
was to be completely independent. (As an aside, he
pointed out, Kalat was the only area in Pakistan where
there was still a Qazi court. This was to point out the
continuity in Kalat's political tradition.)
However, subsequent governments did not abide by the
terms of the agreement of accession. Makran, Kharan and
Bela were part of Kalat, but later they were given
separate status when during the time of Governor-General
Ghulam Mohammad a Balochistan States' Union was created.
Balochistan then constituted 62 per cent of (West)
Pakistan. Later, parts of the province were given to the
NWFP, Punjab, and Sindh. But even now it constitutes 46
per cent of Pakistan.
