US EditionAmnesty International Slams Pakistan for Using Anti-Terror Laws to Crush Baloch Voices - The Statesman
BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN, JUL 17 – Amnesty International highlights misuse of anti-terror laws to detain peaceful Baloch activists and reports over 2,300 enforced disappearances in 2024, urging Pakistan to end repression.
- Pakistani authorities have held Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch, since March 2025, detaining them under a law that allows for arrest and imprisonment of individuals considered a threat to public order during protests in Quetta.
- These detentions followed peaceful protests against enforced disappearances amid a broader crackdown in Balochistan that uses anti-terror and public order laws to suppress dissent.
- The detained activists face extended remands with no formal charges, while Amnesty International has called for their immediate release and condemned ongoing arbitrary detention and harassment.
- Amnesty International highlighted Pakistan’s use of outdated colonial laws to detain peaceful activists and called on the international community to hold Pakistan accountable, emphasizing that the country should not be permitted to violate basic human rights without consequences.
- The detention and deaths, including that of activist Kareem Jan who was forcibly disappeared in February 2025, exemplify continuing repression and raise serious concerns about activists' safety and rights in Balochistan.
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Mahrang Baloch sent to jail again on 15-day physical remand
Baloch activist Dr Mahrang Baloch can be seen speaking in this undated image. — Instagram/@mahrangbalochQUETTA: An anti-terrorism court in Quetta on Friday handed Dr Mahrang Baloch, leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee , and five other activists into police custody for another 15...
Amnesty International slams Pakistan for using anti-terror laws to crush Baloch voices - The Statesman
Amnesty International has issued a report demanding the immediate and unconditional release of detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), whose arrests Amnesty calls a flagrant example of Pakistan's state repression in Balochistan
Pakistan Accused of Silencing Baloch Voices as Families Protest Enforced Disappearances in Islamabad
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Families of detained Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons from Balochistan have launched a sit-in protest outside the National Press Club in Islamabad, demanding an immediate end to enforced disappearances and the release of all detained activists, The Balochistan Post reported. World News | Pakistan Accused of Silencing Baloch Voices as Famili…
Pakistan urged to release unlawfully detained Baloch activists
Amnesty International called for Pakistan to release high-profile Baloch activists on Tuesday, condemning the arbitrary detention of the protesters. A letter to authorities called for the release of Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri, Beebow Maloch, Shah Jee Sibghat Ullah, Ghaffar Qambarani, and Gulzadi Baloch, who Amnesty International says have been targeted as part of a larger crackdown in Balochistan on peaceful protests and freedom of expression …
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