Activists campaigning for an independent Balochistan have launched a new phase of an advertising drive on london buses to raise awareness against alleged human rights abuses in the restive province by the Pakistan Government. The World Baloch Organisation said the latest drive will see more than 100 london buses with adverts carrying slogans like “Free Balochistan”, “Save The Baloch People” and “Stop Enforced Disappearances” from this week.
“This is the third phase of our london campaign to raise awareness about Pakistan’s human right abuses in Balochistan and the right of Baloch people to self-determination. We started with taxi adverts, then did roadside billb-oards and now we are advertising on london buses,” said Bhawal Mengal, spokesperson for organisation. He claimed that the Pakistan Government had pressured Transport for london to ban adverts on london transport but it failed in its “bullying tactics”.