Mr Altaf Hussain the founder and leader of the
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), has appealed to the Swiss authorities to grant
entry to Mr Mehran Marri, his wife and four young children into Geneva.
Mr Altaf Hussain condemns the arbitrary detention and the entry ban
of Baloch nationalist leader Mr Mehran Marri, his wife and four young children
at Geneva, Switzerland airport.
Mr Marri, along with his wife, and four young children were entering
into Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the upcoming conference on
Balochistan, to highlight the persecution of the Baloch nation being carried
out at the hands of Pakistan’s armed forces.
Upon entry into Geneva, Mr Marri was illegally detained by the Swiss
authorities, who had received false and fabricated paperwork relating to Mr
Marri, in which the Pakistani authorities had requested them not to allow him
to enter Switzerland to continue with his human right activities.
Geneva, Switzerland is the headquarters for the United Nations for
Human Rights, which ensures that all
oppressed nations are afforded protection from violation of their human rights,
people from all over the world gather to register their protest against the
atrocities being committed against them by their governments.
If one who raises his voice against violation of human rights is
denied entry into Geneva, then what platform is left in the world to raise
their awareness.
The persecution of the Balochi people is not a hidden secret, the
Pakistan’s security forces have been brutally killing the Balochi nation and
depriving them of their due rights for several decades, that is why they are
demanding their right to independence.
Mr Altaf Hussain the founder and leader of the Muttahida Quami
Movement (MQM), reminds the Swiss authorities that this action will cause
resentment among the Balochi people. Mr Hussain has appealed on humanitarian
grounds to the Swiss authorities that Mr Marri and his family are granted entry
into Switzerland, to ensure that
the values of ones human rights
are upheld, and remove this illegal entry ban.
Mr Hussain sympathises with Mr Marri, his family and the Baloch
people in this testing time.
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