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Pakistani state disrupts protest camp outside Quetta press club
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
BYC further stated that earlier today, the families of Mahrang Baloch, Sabghatullah Shah Jee, Bebagar Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, Beebow Baloch, and others--who remain in unlawful and unconstitutional detention--came together to hold a peaceful protest against ongoing state oppression.
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Violence should not happen: SP leader Abu Azmi urges demonstrators to ensu
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Maharashtra Samajwadi Party President Abu Asim Azmi on Tuesday said that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is leading the protest against the amended Waqf law and urged demonstrators to ensure that protests remain peaceful and purposeful.
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UKPNP leader Jamil Maqsood urges UNHRC to probe human rights violations in
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Addressing the UNHRC, Maqsood highlighted the repression of peaceful protests demanding self-rule and resource sovereignty in these regions. He criticized Pakistan's handling of civil liberties, stating that state-sponsored extremism and enforced disappearances are rampant.
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Amnesty International calls Pak police crackdown on Baloch activists a sys
Updated : 12 months ago IST
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.
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UN urge Pakistan to release Baloch Human Rights defenders amid crackdown o
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Experts have voiced deep concern for the welfare of those detained, including Mahrang and Sammi Deen Baloch, and have urged the Pakistani authorities to release all detained activists immediately.
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Pakistan: UN experts demand release of Baloch activists and end to crackdo
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The experts expressed concern about an escalating series of actions by the Pakistan police against the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC).
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'38 hrs since Mahrang Baloch's detention': Amnesty International demands r
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office on Sunday called on Pakistani authorities to immediately release Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch and others detained for exercising their right to peaceful protest.
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Parts of Balochistan shut down amid police crackdown on peaceful protest
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Parts of Balochistan were brought to a standstill on Saturday as residents protested the police crackdown on members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), as reported by the Dawn.
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Baloch group alleges Pak brutality as fire opened, tear gas lobbed on peac
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights group Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) shared that a peaceful protest staged in Lasbela saw Pakistani police and security personnel launch a crackdown wherein they opened fire and lobbed tear gas upon peaceful protestors on Sunday.
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Protesters blame Pakistani forces for inciting arson attacks to escalate c
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Protest leaders in Quetta, Balochistan, have accused Pakistani security forces of staging arson attacks on government buildings and private property to justify further crackdowns on peaceful protesters, as reported by the Balochistan Post.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain slams Pakistani authorities over arrest of human
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the arrest of Mahrang Baloch, a prominent human rights activist and leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee during a peaceful protest in Quetta. The arrest of Baloch, along with her associates, has triggered widesprea
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UN condemns arrest of Mahrang Baloch amid violent crackdown in Quetta
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, has strongly condemned the recent arrest of Baloch rights leader Mahrang Baloch and the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters by Pakistani security forces in Quetta.
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