http://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/economic-exploitation-and-state-oppression-in-balochistan-echoes-in-geneva-117091801306_1.html ANI | Geneva [Switzerland] Sep 18, 2017 10:22 PM IST Baloch activists and human rights defenders raised their voice against the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and termed it as a project of looting and plundering of natural wealth of Balochistan. The event titled "Scaling the Abyss: CPEC, Economic Exploitation and State Oppression in Balochistan" was organised by World Baloch Organization (WBO) and Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization (UNPO) on the sidelines of 36thSession of Human Rights Council in Geneva. Opposing the CPEC project, the speakers said despite living in resource-rich region, the people face extreme poverty, conflict, hunger and instability due to the systematic looting of natural wealth of the province. Balochistan, a region that spans across parts of Iran, Afghanistan and
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