The sit-in at Fida Chowk in Balochistan's Turbat has emerged as a central point of protest, highlighting the grievances of those seeking justice and accountability for individuals who have forcibly disappeared in the region.
The families of forcibly disappeared individuals held a significant protest rally on the first day of Eid in the central city of Kech, Turbat. The demonstration saw a large turnout, with participants demanding the recovery of their missing loved ones.
The Pakistani forces have been alleged to have forcibly detained the man after his arrest in the Daazin area of Kech district. The individual has been identified as Brahmdagh (18).
Two siblings hailing from Barkhan have been released and reunited with their families, following their abduction earlier this month while three more persons have been allegedly forcibly disappeared from Turbat and Taunsa Sahrif areas of Pakistan's Balochistan.
The families of forcibly disappeared Anees Baloch and Nazeer Ahmed Baloch blocked the major road near Balochistan's Khuzdar, a statement by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, a Baloch rights organization reported on Sunday.
Mahrang Baloch called forced disappearances a "serious crime" and accused the state of Pakistan of being involved in the forced disappearance of thousands of Baloch people.
According to the FIR, the protesters forcibly entered the Quetta Press Club by breaking the lock, where they purportedly delivered speeches and shouted slogans against Pakistan.
Family members of forcibly disappeared Baloch students Shayhaq and Farooq Dad staged a sit-in protest at the Commissioner House Quetta and urged people from all walks of life to join the struggle to reunite disappeared ones with their families, said the Baloch Yakjehti Committee.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declined a plea raised by Pakistan's central government to shut down the case of forcibly disappeared poet Ahmed Farhad until the victim does not appear before the court personally, The News International reported.