ZURICH – The government of Switzerland rejected on Wednesday the request of the exiled leader of the banned Baloch Republican Party (BRP) Brahumdagh Bugti to seek political asylum in the country.
A highly placed government source confirmed that the application was turned down by the officials after a period of seven years because of his links with “incidents of terrorism, violence and militant activities”.
The exiled leader, Brahumdagh Bugti himself told newsmen that his application was scrapped on the basis of allegations that he had links with the banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA). he also confirmed the rejection on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BBugti/status/933375183544553472
‘I had the right to appeal and I will take his case to the next level of Swiss judiciary and to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) if needed’ he told Geo News.
‘These are the same old allegations that I have always denied, of being involved in militancy,’ he said.
On the other hand, the Swiss government source revealed that Bugti has been given right to file an appeal against the decision at the Federal Administrative Court (FAC).
The FCA falls under the Department of Justice and Police and next decision will be made at that level, where Bugti will be presented with the evidence that the Swiss authorities hold against him, and his lawyers will have the opportunity to present the case in defence of their client, the source said.
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Citing ‘life risk’, Bugti had applied for asylum in Swiss in November 2010. He had been living in Afghanistan prior to leaving the country for a Middle Eastern state and from there he flew to Geneva.
The rejection comes at the heels of detention of Mehran Marri and his family at the Zurich airport, last week before deportation to Germany for having links with militancy in Balochistan.
Marri was en route to Geneva for a conference on Balochistan, which he had organised with Bugti. The charge-sheet by the Swiss against Marri stated that he was being denied entry into Switzerland because he was deemed a ‘security risk’ to the country or a UN member state.
