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Exhibition at UNHRC highlights plight of minorities and terror links in Pa
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The exhibition displayed a series of photographs and visual documentation portraying the hardships faced by religious and ethnic minorities, including Hindus, Christians, Sindhis, and Balochs, it also highlighted the constant oppression in Balochistan through enforced disappearances of yo
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Pakistan: Families of detained BYC leaders barred from press conference am
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
In a move that has sparked criticism from activists and legal circles, police in Quetta reportedly prevented families of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee from addressing the media at the Quetta Press Club. Relatives of the detainees, including the sister of Mahrang Baloch, w
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Baloch Yakjehti Committee flags 'Serious Spinal Condition' of Mahrang Balo
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health and continued detention of its organiser, Mahrang Baloch, describing her imprisonment as unlawful and politically motivated.
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Baloch Yakjehti Committee alleges year-long detention of leaders, raises c
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
In a statement cited by TBP, the BYC said that its prominent leaders, Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Baloch, Shaji Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch and Beebow Baloch, were initially detained under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO). The group stated that they were held for three months w
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Pakistan: BYC raises concerns over delay in bail rulings for detained lead
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Concerns over Pakistan's judicial functioning have intensified after the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) highlighted what it termed an extraordinary lag in the announcement of bail rulings for detained leaders, including Mahrang Baloch.
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Baloch leaders in Lahore demand end to enforced disappearances, slam secur
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Speakers at a rights gathering in Lahore raised allegations of repression in Balochistan, highlighting disappearances and shrinking civic space. Baloch leaders called for dialogue over coercion. The event ended in uproar over remarks linked to enforced disappearances, with activists walking
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Enforced disappearance of Baloch women signals escalation of state violenc
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Mahrang Baloch wrote that for decades the Baloch have been treated as a "suspect population," governed through coercion and exclusion rather than citizenship, consent or inclusion.
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Detained BYC leader Mahrang Baloch backs human rights lawyers facing charg
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Detained leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Mahrang Baloch, has voiced her support for human rights attorneys Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, asserting that the charges against them are indicative of the state's "oppressive tactics" and the application of "colonia
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Jailed BYC leader Mahrang Baloch urges youth to carry forward national mov
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, jailed BYC leader, urged Baloch youth to stay committed to their national movement, fight oppression with education and discipline, reject fear, and uphold truth, justice, and identity, while highlighting the deep suffering caused by enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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Pakistan's war on dissent: BYC leaders' imprisonment lays bare state bruta
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, Sabiha stated that the only "crime" committed by Mahrang Baloch and her colleagues was peacefully protesting against enforced disappearances and systemic violence in Balochistan. She added that their arrests were part of a deliberate attempt by the Pakistan
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Hearing for Mahrang Baloch held inside jail, BYC condemns 'Institutionalis
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The most recent hearing concerning Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch and other imprisoned officials took place inside Quetta District Jail rather than the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), as revealed on Sunday, with the organisation labelling this decision as a "worrying exam
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Pakistan silences Baloch voices: Mahrang Baloch's jail trial exposes fear
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Dawn, Judge Muhammad Ali Mobin of ATC-1 presided over the proceedings, but instead of producing the detained leaders before the court, the BYC's legal representatives were summoned to the jail premises. Defence lawyer Israr Baloch stated that the prosecution failed to submit the
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