A targeted attack in Tump in Pakistan's Kech district on May 4 had claimed the life of 25-year-old Ehsan Shoukat -- yet another chilling example of Pakistan's violent campaign against Baloch civilians.
Balochistan continues to record cases of enforced disappearances with the latest being of a juvenile boy and an adult, as reported by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in a post on X.
The organisation also expressed concern over the "attempted arbitrary detention" of WHRD Sabiha Baloch on 5 April, stating that her family has since been threatened, which seems to be "a direct retaliation for her human rights advocacy in Balochistan."
A division bench, which includes Balochistan's Acting Chief Justice Ejah Ahmed Swati and Justice Muhammad Aamir Rana, briefly resumed the proceedings before adjourning the case to Wednesday.
During a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, BYC representatives mentioned instances of unlawful arrests, abuse within prisons, and widespread violations of human rights.
Mahrang Baloch's sister Nadia Baloch said that Mahrang Baloch and BYC's other activists, who were on hunger strike for the past few days against shifting detained activist Beebo Baloch to the Pishin jail from Quetta district jail and the torture of detained activists by security personnel in
Hammal Khan Baloch, a Baloch academic and PhD researcher, has written a letter from prison denouncing his detention and highlighting the broader plight of Baloch students facing systemic injustice in Pakistan.
According to a statement released on social media by BYC, the protest is a call to action in solidarity with BYC leaders currently on hunger strike and in remembrance of countless Baloch individuals who have been forcibly disappeared, detained, or killed.
In his address at a seminar titled 'Pakistan's Judicial System and Human Rights Enshrined in the Constitution', organised by the Kech Bar Association in Turbat, Mengal said residents of Balochistan have become completely disillusioned with the role of the parliament and have lost hope for ac
Despite the worsening health of the imprisoned activists, there has been a noticeable lack of coverage from both Pakistani media outlets and international human rights organisations.