Sammi Deen Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has been released after being detained under the MPO Act. While her release is welcomed, calls for the freedom of other detained BYC members continue to grow.
Family members of leading Baloch activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch held a press conference outside the Karachi Press Club on Monday demanding her safe release.
Mengal had announced a "long march" from Wadh to Quetta to protest the arrests of BYC chief organiser Mahrang Baloch and other leaders as well as police crackdowns on a sit-in. However, the Quetta administration had denied the party permission for the rally, Dawn reported.
Protests erupted across several places in Pakistan, demanding the release of leaders of the Baloch human rights group, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Monday.
The central member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sibghatullah Shah Ji Baloch, has been detained by Pakistani forces at his home in Quetta and is currently unaccounted for, according to a post from the BYC reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
The protest rally, which was organized by the BYC, demanded the immediate release of these leaders and condemned the violence that followed the arrests.
Speaking out against the violations of her sister's rights, Nadia Baloch shared the harrowing experience of her recent visit to the jail, where she and their mother were subjected to hours of waiting and treated with severe restrictions while attempting to see Mahrang Baloch.
Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Thursday announced that security forces arrested two Baloch activists - Mahzaib Baloch and Fozia Baloch at Gaddani Cross while returning from the Uthal protest.
Pant called on Pakistani authorities to release all Baloch activists detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression and reiterated its call for a "prompt, thorough and impartial investigation" into the use of unlawful force during the peaceful protests held on March 21.