Days after being held for protesting against 'enforced disappearances' against the Pakistani government, the detained Baloch protestors were released by the Islamabad Police on Sunday after their bail was approved.
Baloch protesters demanding an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in their province issued a three-day ultimatum to the state on Saturday, as per Dawn newspaper.
Frowning on the use of water cannons, tear gas and excessive force against the Baloch Long March protestors in Islamabad on Thursday, Amnesty International has said that it was 'deeply concerned' over the crackdown.
Islamabad police on started dispersing the protesters late at night on Thursday as the long march against alleged extrajudicial killings in Balochistan continued in full swing, VOA Urdu reported.
Pakistani law enforcement forces are said to have taken at least eight individuals by force from the Balochistan areas of Dera Bugti and Kech and then relocated them to an undisclosed location, according to The Balochistan Post.
The Long March, initiated on December 6 from Turbat, vehemently opposes what it claims the 'Baloch Genocide', condemning enforced disappearances and custodial killings of missing individuals in Balochistan.
A global human rights group, Amnesty Asia, condemned the arrests and detention of people who participated in the Baloch protest in Dera Ghazi Khan to raise a voice against the terrorism and brutality against the Baloch people on Monday.
After a sit-in was called off in Dera Gazi Khan on Monday against the alleged genocide by Pakistani forces on people of Balochistan as well as enforced disappearances, the Baloch Long march will now start to move towards Islamabad today, according to Dawn.
President of the Baloch Voice Association Munir Mengal has said that Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir should be questioned in the US about enforced disappearances, military operations, extrajudicial killings and systematic abuse of rights in Balochistan.
Large-scale protests have erupted across Balochistan after an alarming rise in cases of killings and enforced disappearances spanning different demographics in the region, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) stated in a report.
Baloch and Pashtun political activists have raised the growing issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan during the 54th Session of UN Human Rights Council Session on Friday.