Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office on Sunday called on Pakistani authorities to immediately release Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch and others detained for exercising their right to peaceful protest.
Baloch activist Iqra Baloch has raised concerns about the arrest of Baloch rights leader Mahrang Baloch, who were taken into custody by the police on Saturday morning.
Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, has strongly condemned the recent arrest of Baloch rights leader Mahrang Baloch and the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters by Pakistani security forces in Quetta.
Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch national movement, criticized the arrest of Baloch rights leader Mahrang Baloch and the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters by Pakistani security forces in Quetta.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) shared the details of her arrest on X and said the bodies of the slain youth, which were at the protest site, have also been taken into custody.
The state administration has neither been able to recover the forcibly disappeared people nor is it ready to take legal action against the state army, as per the statement.
Leading Baloch rights activist, Sammi Baloch, has condemned the recent kidnapping of Asma Baloch and applauded the courageous efforts of Baloch people during such incidents of abduction.
In a post X, Paank stated that the assault, which involved indiscriminate gunfire and a grenade attack, highlights the precarious situation faced by civilians in Balochistan, who regularly endure acts of violence and intimidation.
In a post on X, Amnesty International stated that the protest, which aimed to raise awareness for Baloch rights, was met with excessive force, as police detained several women for hours before releasing them. Nine male protesters, including Lala Wahab Baloch, the BYC's Central Deputy Organis
Amid ongoing enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan, the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), a Baloch rights advocacy organization raised awareness about the plight of Balochistan during a month-long political campaign aimed at major UK political parties.
The FIR was filed under Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997, additionally with sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of a common object), 124-A (s
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has strongly condemned the unlawful offloading of Mahrang Baloch, a Baloch rights activist, from her flight by Pakistani agencies, specifically the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).