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Sammi Deen Baloch slams Pakistan for targeting elderly activist in Baloch
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In a troubling sign of escalating repression, the Pakistan Army appears to be targeting even elderly individuals in its ongoing crackdown on Baloch activists. This disturbing development is evident from the recent arrest of 75-year-old Zaheer Baloch, a prominent Baloch activist, during the
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Pakistan's security forces accused of executing former enforced disappeara
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
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.
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Pakistan: Three new cases of enforced disappearances reported in Balochist
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
In Pasni, a coastal city in Balochistan's Gwadar district, local sources reported that Sartaj has once again been forcibly taken by Pakistani security forces.
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Pakistan: Journalists in Balochistan urge Govt to take steps to ensure the
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
While addressing a gathering at the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation on World Press Freedom Day, leaders of the journalist community, including Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) President Khalil Ahmed and Quetta Press Club President Irfan Saeed, said media in Balochistan has been faci
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Balochistan politician criticises Pakistan's state institutions for failin
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
President of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), Sardar Akhtar Mengal, declared the beginning of a "politics of national resistance," criticising the failure of Pakistan's parliament, judiciary, and other state institutions to safeguard the rights of the Baloch people.
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EU rights group, UN experts condemn detention of Baloch activists in Pakis
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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."
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Pak: Baloch academic Hammal Baloch speaks out against detention from priso
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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.
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Pakistani military operation in Mastung triggers protests over abductions,
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A military operation by Pakistani forces in Mastung, Balochistan, has sparked protests over home raids, arbitrary arrests, and enforced disappearances, with demonstrators demanding the safe return of missing individuals and an end to human rights abuses.
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BYC leaders enter third day of hunger strike amid media silence; Bebarg Ba
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
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.
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Pak: PkMAP stages rally in Quetta against Afghan refugees' repatriation
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) of Pakistan staged a rally in Quetta demanding an end to the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to grant them Pakistani citizenship after more than four decades of residence.
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Baloch protesters, lawyers targeted with police brutality, fabricated char
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Peaceful Baloch protesters and lawyers faced violence, arrests, and false charges in Karachi by Pakistan's police amid countrywide protests against the brutal treatment and torture of Baloch Yakjehti Committee(BYC) central leadership and other detainees held at Hudda Jail, Quetta.
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Families confirm abuse of detained Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders, Balo
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), currently held in Huda Jail in Quetta, have allegedly been subjected to severe torture by security forces, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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