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BYC accuses Pakistan of using courts as tool of repression in Balochistan
Updated : 5 months ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, the organisation stated that its central organisers, Dr Mahrang Baloch, Beebarg Baloch, Sibghatullah Shah Jee, Beebow Baloch, and Gul Zadi Baloch, remain imprisoned under extended judicial remand after an already lengthy period of physical detention. Despit
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Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch slams Pakistan's "weaponised" anti-terror a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch condemned Pakistan's amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, calling them a tool to silence peaceful dissent. She highlighted enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on Baloch civilians, urging her community to resist fear and continue the
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Sixth extension: Quetta ATC keeps Dr Mahrang Baloch in custody amid rights
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta has once again prolonged the physical remand of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Dr Mahrang Baloch and several other members of the organisation, extending their detention by another 15 days at the request of the police, according to her legal te
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Quetta ATC extends remand of BYC leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch; ac
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
She reiterated that the strength of the movement is derived from the people: "Our struggle began on the streets and has now entered the courts. These very courts, where numerous cases of missing Baloch and Pashtuns are unresolved, have failed to recover them despite having protection orders.
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Pakistan extends crackdown on Baloch activists: Mahrang Baloch, BYC Leader
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The order was issued despite growing criticism from rights advocates and legal experts over the ongoing detention.
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Paank report exposes state crackdown on Baloch families during peaceful pr
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The protest was led by Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Shah Ji, Bebagar Baloch, Bebow Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, and Mahjabeen Baloch, sister of missing student Hafeez Baloch, who arrived in Islamabad to demand justice and the safe return of their missing loved ones. Many protesters carried photographs of
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Pakistan: Police reportedly block Baloch protesters in Islamabad as sit-in
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Police in Islamabad on Sunday blocked Baloch protesters from reaching the National Press Club, as a sit-in led by the families of forcibly disappeared persons and leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) entered its fifth consecutive day, The Balochistan Post reported.
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Pak uses Intelligence Agencies to harass detained Baloch activists' kin, s
Updated : 8 months ago IST
She urged Pakistan's judiciary, civil society, bar councils, and international human rights organisations to intervene in the matter to restore the rule of law and safeguard the fundamental human rights of the detained people.
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Pakistan weaponises colonial-era law to crush Baloch voices, silences judi
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Citing the recent detention of Mahrang Baloch and other BYC members under the colonial-era 3MPO ordinance, Mazari called the move "a gross violation of constitutional rights."
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Pakistan targets Baloch leaders for demanding justice as state criminalise
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has recently condemned the notice sent to Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chairman of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), which accuses him of promoting anti-state objectives by acknowledging the efforts of Mahrang Baloch.
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Pakistan suffocating civil liberties under 3MPO in Balochistan: Baloch Yak
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Calling on lawyers, rights groups, and the Baloch public, she urged all democratic forces to "rise, speak, and act" for the immediate release of Mahrang Baloch and all illegally detained BYC leaders.
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Balochistan govt extends detention of Baloch activists, BYC calls order il
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mahrang Baloch and other BYC leaders -- Beebow Baloch, her father Ghaffar Baloch, Sabghat Ullah Shah Jee, and Bebarg Baloch -- were arrested on March 22 and sent to Quetta District Jail under MPO-3. The detention of BYC leaders has been extended for the fourth time.
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