Modi took up their cause

attacked and abducted

rallying around Modi's stirring speeches

Now, Baloch activists in Melbourne, too, thank PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Several Baloch activists in Melbourne and in Busan, South Korea on Sunday protested against Pakistan's atrocities in Balochistan, and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending his support to the province's beleaguered people, ANI reported.Baloch activists in exile around the world are stepping up the campaign against Pakistan's atrocities in Balochistan, since Prime Minister Narendralast month. Last week, even as Pakistan has begun to internationalize its Kashmir campaign, the country was hugely embarrassed after dozens of exiled Baloch activists in Germany came to chant anti-Pakistan protests and to laud Modi for his stand.An activist for a prominent Baloch political outfit said on Saturday that in a renewed police operation in the province, even civilians have been. The activist called on the international community to take steps to stop Islamabad 's human rights abuses in Balochistan."In many parts of Nasirabad District (of Balochistan province ), Pakistani forces have carried out attacks. Baloch civilians have been harassed and many have been abducted," said Abdul Nawaz Bugti , the Baloch Republican Party 's representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council, on Saturday.Last month, in what is being seen a big strategic shift, PM Modi began to call out Pakistan for its so-called hypocrisy in commenting about Kashmir even as it continues to oppress people within its borders. And now, Baloch activists in Pakistan and those forced into exile abroad areagainst Pakistan's atrocities in the Balochistan province and in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).Bugti on Saturday denied that the PM's speeches have had a negative effect on the people in Balochistan. "Pakistani atrocities have always been there. The positive thing now is that the world knows about them," Bugti tweeted.