The sit-in is being held at Lakpass, where a provincial government delegation comprising Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Sardar Noor Ahmed Bangulzai arrived to hold talks with the BNP-M chief. However, the government delegation could not convince him to end the sit-in.
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.
The protest rally, which was organized by the BYC, demanded the immediate release of these leaders and condemned the violence that followed the arrests.
Baloch called on the international community to take decisive action against the atrocities being committed by the Pakistani state in Balochistan, where enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and collective punishment have become rampant.
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.
Faheem Baloch condemned the recent detention of Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch, Bebo Baloch and many other activists at the 58th United Nations Human Rights Council Session.
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest in Amsterdam to condemn the recent arrest and torture of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch and Bebagr Baloch, by Pakistani authorities.