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BYC condemns abduction of activist Beebo Baloch
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Taking to the social media platform X, BYC revealed that the activist was in critical condition following the assault. Despite his worsening health, he was briefly taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Quetta without receiving proper medical treatment and was then returned to Huda Jail i
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Pakistan: Baloch Yakjehti Committee announces public seminar in Turbat aga
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has announced a major public seminar to protest the ongoing enforced disappearances and state violence in Balochistan.
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Paank condemns enforced disappearances in Balochistan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a message from Paank posted on X, the global community must acknowledge and address the ongoing human rights crisis in Balochistan.
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Two Baloch students forcibly disappeared in Turbat; UN experts decry ongoi
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Two young Baloch students have allegedly been forcibly taken by Pakistani security forces in Turbat, the primary city of the Kech district in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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EU rights group, UN experts condemn detention of Baloch activists in Pakis
Updated : 10 months, 4 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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Sindh-Punjab transport blocked for 11th day as protests against Indus cana
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Protests against controversial canal projects that draw water from the Indus River have persisted for the eleventh consecutive day across various areas of Sindh. The Balochistan Post (TBP) reports that as a result of these demonstrations, all transport routes from Sindh to Punjab have been e
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Balochistan Court adjourns hearing on plea filed against detention of Balo
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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.
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Pakistan: BYC alleges unlawful arrests and torture of leaders in Balochist
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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.
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UN experts urge Pakistan to address human rights violations in Balochistan
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
"Pakistan appears to conflate legitimate human and minority rights advocacy and public demonstrations with terrorism, threatening freedoms of expression, assembly, and association," the experts said. "Repeated internet blackouts in Balochistan have impeded freedom of information, transpar
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Balochistan High Court issues notice to Advocate General on petition filed
Updated : 11 months ago IST
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
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Pak: Baloch academic Hammal Baloch speaks out against detention from priso
Updated : 11 months 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 : 11 months 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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