The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) re-shared a previously delivered powerful and emotional speech by Mahrang Baloch, originally issued after the 'March Against Baloch Genocide' returned from Islamabad to Quetta. In her address to a large crowd, she had strongly criticised the ongoing violen
The committee noted that the suffering in Balochistan continues not because the violence has stopped, but due to Pakistan's efforts to suppress these voices through information control and enforced silence.
The Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) has sharply criticized the judicial system for allegedly using delaying tactics in the legal cases against its top leaders, who are still being held under the colonial-era Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO), as reported by The Balochistan
The organisation also expressed concern over the "attempted arbitrary detention" of WHRD Sabiha Baloch on 5 April, stating that her family has since been threatened, which seems to be "a direct retaliation for her human rights advocacy in Balochistan."
A division bench, which includes Balochistan's Acting Chief Justice Ejah Ahmed Swati and Justice Muhammad Aamir Rana, briefly resumed the proceedings before adjourning the case to Wednesday.
During a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, BYC representatives mentioned instances of unlawful arrests, abuse within prisons, and widespread violations of human rights.
Mahrang Baloch's sister Nadia Baloch said that Mahrang Baloch and BYC's other activists, who were on hunger strike for the past few days against shifting detained activist Beebo Baloch to the Pishin jail from Quetta district jail and the torture of detained activists by security personnel in
In his address at a seminar titled 'Pakistan's Judicial System and Human Rights Enshrined in the Constitution', organised by the Kech Bar Association in Turbat, Mengal said residents of Balochistan have become completely disillusioned with the role of the parliament and have lost hope for ac
She wrote, "This intervention is not only necessary but urgent, as the continued inaction threatens their fundamental rights, personal safety and well-being."
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.