Homeland insecurity by Peter Tatchell (The Guardian)

Homeland insecurity

As Noordin Mengal's experience shows, the US is now adding human rights defenders to its list of unwanted aliens

Peter Tatchell

Wednesday July 2, 2008

In another bizarre twist to Washington's often illegal, irrational "war on terror", peaceful, lawful human rights campaigners are now apparently being refused entry to the US – without any right of appeal.

Noordin Mengal, a British citizen and Baluch human rights defender, was detained and deported by US immigration when he arrived at Newark Liberty airport from Dubai last week.

Pakistan is a failed state by Chomsky ( Press TV)

Chomsky: Pakistan is a failed state
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:17:15

Prominent American Scholar, Noam Chomsky

The US intellectual, Noam Chomsky describes Pakistan as the paradigm of a failed state that has undergone violence and oppression.

In an interview with Pakistan's Aaj Television, Chomsky said Pakistan is now in danger of collapsing because of a rebellion in Baluchistan, the out-of-control FATA territories and the unrest in Sindh sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

While conceding that the Pakistani people want democracy, he asserted that these hopes were far from realization in the existing political and social system.

New: CRUSHING DISSENT By Peter Tatchell (The Guardian)

Crushing dissent   (Guardian) By Peter Tatchell 

The arrest in London of exiled Baluch human rights activists looks like a bid by Musharraf to frame his opponents and silence critics

A former MP and government minister from Pakistan-occupied Baluchistan, Hyrbyair Marri, has been languishing in Belmarsh prison for the last two months. He was arrested at his west London home in early December on charges of plotting terrorist acts abroad (it is assumed in Pakistan). His next pre-trial hearing is today at the central criminal court.

UK accused of prisoner swap with Pakistan by Isambard Wilkinson

UK accused of 'prisoner swap' with Pakistan

By Isambard Wilkinson, Pakistan Correspondent

Britain has been accused of taking the first step towards a "prisoner swap" by arresting two nationalist separatists after coming under intense pressure from Pakistan.

The Metropolitan Police said two men, aged 25 and 39, were held under the Terrorism Act following raids in London on Tuesday morning.

Urgent Appeal by international Kashmir Alliance & international center for peace and Democracy

Urgent appeal

An urgent appeal is made to the Amnesty International, human rights watch and all other human rights organizations, world media and civilized world to express their concern over the arrest of Baloch nationalist leader Harbiyar Marri by London police on December 4, 2007 under unknown charges. This is believed that action has been taken to please the Pakistan military dictator Pervez Mushraf, and Pakistan army, which is carrying out military operation against the Baloch nationalist in Baluchistan for last two years. As a result of this operation Pakistan Army had killed Nawab Akbar Bugti, former Chief