15 students held: BSO

Published December 5, 2007

QUETTA, Dec 4: The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) has alleged that police have arrested 15 students of the Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences in Uthal for organising a Quran Khwani on the campus for Baloch leader Nawabzada Balaach Marri who was killed few days ago.

Addressing a news conference on Tuesday, BSO’s central executive committee member Farida Baloch accused police of torturing the students.

She said atrocities would not compel the Baloch people to give up the struggle for their rights. Balochs had been facing the excesses of rulers for 60 years, she added. She said that forces were not only targeting BSO members but also implicating members of their families in false cases.

—Correspondent

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