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Pakistani politician (1952 - 2010)

Mir Noor-ud-din Mengal (Urdu: میر نورالدین مینگل; 13 July 1952 – 13 October 2010) was a prominent Baloch Pakistani politician who played a significant role in Balochistan's political landscape for nearly four decades, from 1970 to 2010.

Early life

A member of the Zagar Mengal tribe, he was the nephew of the Baloch national poet Mir Gul Khan Nasir. His father, Mir Lal Bakhsh Mengal, and his mother, a member of the Gichki family from Makran, raised him alongside his seven siblings.

Mir Noor-ud-din was named after Sardar Noordin Mengal (an uncle of Sardar Attaullah Mengal and a close friend of Mir Lal Baksh Mengal who died in a road traffic accident near Kalat). He was brought up in his hometown of Kalat. His father was a prominent tribal and political figure of Balochistan while his uncle Gul Khan Nasir belonged to the top tier Baloch leadership along with Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, Abdul Aziz Kurd and, later, Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal and Khair Bux Marri. As a result of this he was exposed to politics from a very early age. This exposure instilled a nascent sense of political awareness in him which, with age, kept growing.

Mengal passed high school from Kalat and after matriculating from Noshki, enrolled in F.ScPre-Engineering in Government Science College, Quetta.

After he had finished college, Gul Khan Nasir advised Mengal to get into a university instead of just relying on a college degree. Following his uncle's advice, he applied to Patrice Lumumba University and was accepted. Mengal had chosen a University in Moscow because at that time it was a very common practice for Baloch students to go to Russia in pursuit of a higher education but because of his political activities (which he had already begun by 1970 from Baloch Students Organization's (BSO) platform) his name was put on the Exit Control List and he was unable to go.

With that door closed, Men

GENEVA, June 16, 2010: A young Baloch human rights activist in London and Geneva accused Islamabad and Teheran of carrying out a genocide of the Baloch people.

Noordin Mengal, a grandson of Balochistan independence leader Baba-i-Azadi Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, who is also a grandson of former chief minister and nationalist leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal,
said Balochistan was once a unified and independent country is today divided between three countries — Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mengal was speaking at a Press conference at the Geneva Press Club on Wednesday morning, in the presence of aloch people’s representative at the U.N. Human Rights Council and general secretary of the Interfaith International, Dr. Charles Graves.

Following is the full text of Mengal’s speech:

The oppressed people of Pakistani occupied Balochistan have been victims of five intense military operations by the Pakistan army, since Islamabad invaded Balochistan on the 27th of March 1948 and forcibly incorporated it into Pakistan.

The rogue states of Pakistan and Iran have repeatedly attempted to subdue the Baloch movement for their rights and independence and have been usurping the wealth and natural resources of the Baloch soil.

Pakistan would be unable to sustain its artificial existence without the resources of Balochistan. The Punjabi-Pakistanis and the Iranians have been systematically carrying out what can be called the social, political, economic, cultural, and physical genocide of the Baloch people.

Heinous crimes against humanity are still happening in Balochistan despite Pakistan’s ostensible transition to civilian rule.

The fifth and ongoing military operation in Balochistan has resulted in the brutal massacre of thousands of Baloch people including defenseless women and children, resulting in the mass displacements of the people of the districts of Koh

The Baloch will take a stand for humanity, but will humanity take a stand for the Baloch?

GENEVA: The Baloch people continue to face the brunt of a full fledged military campaign by the Pakistan military while the international community seemed unmoved by the atrocities, says Noordin Mengal, a Baloch representative at the UN Human Rights Council who has highlighted human rights issues at international forums.

Speaking at a conference held alongside the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mengal said that the actual gravity of the situation in Balochistan needs to be understood. He said that as we speak, the people of Balochistan continue to bleed, suffer and mourn, as a military operation is ongoing in Balochistan. He said that Pakistan has continuously attempted to subdue the Baloch people’s struggle for their rights and has been usurping the wealth and natural resources of Balochistan.
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28 March 2012

PRESS RELEASE

"To whom it may concern,

On June 23rd, Baluch human rights defender Noordin Mengal was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport in the US on his arrival from the United Arab Emirates. After being held for nearly 26 hours in the
custody of the United States Department of Homeland Security, he was sent back to Dubai after being denied entry to the US. Noordin Mengal, grandson of veteran Baluch leaders Sardar Attaullah Mengal and Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, is a British citizen and a representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of Interfaith International and is also a member of the Baluchistan National Party.

Upon arrival at Newark Liberty at 6:35 pm, Mengal was detained for questioning by the Customs and Border Protection Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security. Mengal was questioned about Baluchistan and the purpose of his human rights activities. Mengal was subsequently told that he would not be granted entry to the United States and could return only after being issued a visa by a US State Department abroad.

Under the visa waiver programme, however, British nationals are exempted from formal visa procedures and can freely visit the US for a maximum stay of no more than three months on each entry. Mengal asked an officer if he could call an official at the British consulate. The official confirmed his right to do so, but told him it would only be possible just prior to his departure. Mengal was denied access to a telephone to contact his family and no one from the US government informed Mengal’s family of the developments. At approximately 9:30 pm, Mengal was told that he would be sent to the UK.

According to Mengal, the detention room was empty by 11 pm. At 2 am he was once again taken for formal questioning, of which a transcript was supposed to be given to him. Mengal stated that officers had decided