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.
Protests erupted across Balochistan and Karachi after allegations surfaced of torture against Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders in custody, with demonstrators demanding an end to state violence and enforced disappearances.
Speaking to Dawn, Nadia Baloch said on Friday that Mahrang Baloch was observing hunger strike, and Mahrang's lawyer, Imran Baloch, said that BYC central leaders Saghbatullah Shah, Beebarg Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, and a hundred supporters also began a hunger strike last night.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced that it will hold protest demonstrations across Balochistan today in response to the brutal torture of Mahrang Baloch, the Organiser of BYC, along with Beboow Baloch and Gulzadi Baloch, and the enforced disappearance of Beboow Baloch by offic
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.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has accused Pakistan's CTD of forcibly removing activist Beebow Baloch from Hudha Jail and taking her to an unknown location. BYC demands her immediate release and accountability for the targeting of women activists.
From solitary confinement in Huda Jail, Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has delivered a powerful call for unity, self-discipline, and deep critical reflection amid what she described as intensifying state repression against the Baloch movement, as reported by
The case of Baloch human rights activist Dr Mahrang Baloch has been officially accepted for review by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
Leading Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) shared an update on the "daily crimes" at the hands of Pakistani forces committed on Baloch people in a post on Monday.
Protests against the arrest of Mahrang Baloch and members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) continued throughout Balochistan on Sunday as political parties and civil society organisations voiced their opposition, according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
BYC further stated that earlier today, the families of Mahrang Baloch, Sabghatullah Shah Jee, Bebagar Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, Beebow Baloch, and others--who remain in unlawful and unconstitutional detention--came together to hold a peaceful protest against ongoing state oppression.