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As Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is on a three-day official visit to the United States, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have written to President Donald Trump requesting his intervention in the deteriorating situation of human rights in Balochistan.Sixteen European MEPs signed the letter during this week's European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, France.The MEPs highlighted the dire situation for the Baloch people stating, "The people of the province have legitimate grievances. They are relatively powerless against the State that is trying to silence them."They added that Pakistan has become increasingly dependent on the resources extracted from the Baloch lands, and from the investments offered by others currently involved in the exploitation of the region, particularly China.China's presence has brought further suppression as the Chinese orgsations operating in the region have followed the lead of the Pakist government and continuously refused any form of dialogue with the Baloch people."For decades, the Baloch people have suffered under endless forms of harassment, torture and other mfestation of persecution at the hands of the Pakist authorities, namely its government, it's military, and intelligence services. The Pakist government is known to operate a policy of kill and dump," the letter said.The Pakistan Supreme Court has acknowledged the role of Pakistan security and intelligence agencies in forced disappearances.To address the international condemnation of this practice, Pakistan had established a Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in 2011, which by March 2017 had identified 1,240 reported cases of missing people. No one has been prosecuted for these crimes to date.In the letter, the MEPs added, "The Baloch Human Rights Orgsation and Human Rights Council of Balochistan had established in January 2019 that there were 77 forced disappearances and 18 extra-judicial killings and 46 cases of enforced disappearances and 17 cases of killing reported in February."Furthermore, the MEPs specifically highlighted that since 1947, there have been no reports of any terrorist activities by any Balochistan-based orgsation.The Parliamentarians further acknowledged that there have been reports of Baloch orgsations fighting against the Pakist government to protect their lands, their assets and their families, but that all these cases were found to have been provoked by the Pakist government.The MEPs' polite request for the US President to intervene on this human rights crisis also contained the plea that the people of Balochistan should not be labelled as terrorists."The Baloch people believe that they must fight to preserve their cultural identity while striving for institutionalised legitimacy and recognition of their existence. They are not terrorists, and labelling them as such only amplifies the suffering of this situation," said the letter.The European Parliamentarians were clear that their values aligned to those of the United States, where both parties condemn all forms of terrorism and sought for regional peace and stability.( With inputs from ANI )

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