Quetta, July 10 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), alleged that Balochistan is currently “ablaze”, with the law and order situation in the province deteriorating to an alarmingly critical level.She claimed that several areas in the province, including Ziarat, are now engulfed in violence and unrest, and the situation has now spread to the outskirts of the provincial capital Quetta as well as the Hanna Urak area.Slamming the Pa…
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Geneva, July 8 (IANS) The United Nations experts on Wednesday strongly condemned the life sentence handed down to Baloch woman human rights defender and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch by an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan’s Quetta, describing the verdict as “unjustified” and a “travesty of justice”. The criticism came after the anti-terrorism court on June 22 sentenced four activists, including Mahrang, to life imprisonment in connection with a case relating to the …
Quetta, June 30 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations condemned the raid by Pakistani security forces on the residence of Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Karachi, describing it as part of the state’s continuing campaign of coercion and aggression against the Baloch people.The remarks came after Sammi Deen alleged that law enforcement personnel and intelligence officials raided her residence in her absence and without pri…
Dublin, June 29 (IANS) Several international human rights organisations and activists have expressed solidarity with human rights defender Sammi Deen Baloch over the 17-year enforced disappearance of her father, Deen Mohammad Baloch, a central leader of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), from Balochistan.Marking 17th anniversary since the enforced disappearance of Deen Mohammad by Pakistani forces from Balochistan’s Khuzdar district on June 28, 2009, Ireland-based rights group Front Line Defend…
Quetta, May 28 (IANS) Several Baloch human rights activists strongly condemned the “inflammatory” remarks made by Pakistan’s Balochistan province Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti against scholars and the broader intellectual community of the region. In a widely shared press conference circulating on social media, Bugti linked the intellectual community of Balochistan with the militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), accusing them of rationalising violence and asking those who “have no love for …
Quetta, May 2 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Saturday alleged that Pakistani authorities are running a systematic campaign aimed at weakening the organisation by building a narrative against it.She stressed that BYC is spearheading an organised resistance against the ongoing state oppression, which the authorities seek to suppress while continuing their actions without accountability.According to Sammi, various methods are …
Quetta, Feb 5 (IANS) Baloch National Movement (BNM) Chairman Naseem Baloch has accused Pakistan of falsely labelling the Baloch freedom struggle as “terrorism” to conceal its own failures, emphasising that it is a legitimate resistance by an indigenous people against “colonial occupation”. In an interview with Afghanistan’s Rana TV, Naseem said, “We want the world to clearly understand the difference between terrorism and a freedom movement. The Baloch struggle is not terrorism. It is a …
Quetta, Jan 11 (IANS) Baloch activist Sammi Deen Baloch has rejected the Counter Terrorism Department’s (CTD) allegations against the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), saying that the statements have been circulated in the media without proof and judicial scrutiny. Calling BYC a “peaceful political movement grounded in human rights and dignity”, Sammi Deen Baloch stated that rights group documents enforced disappearances and speaks for families who have been denied arrests, charges, trials, and e…
Quetta, Jan 6 (IANS) Human rights activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch has asserted that Pakistan considers the Baloch people not as a population but enemy, a stance reflected in the continuing abuses across the province by the Pakistani authorities. Taking to X, Sammi said, “The State has a problem with every individual of Baloch origin whose identity is Baloch. Under this mindset, Baloch men, women, youth, elders, and even minor children are being forcibly disa…
Quetta, Dec 25 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Thursday highlighted grave and systematic abuses, including enforced disappearances and targetted killings across Balochistan, allegedly carried out by Pakistani forces in a pervasive climate of impunity. According to a report by the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), 106 new cases of enforced disappearance and 42 killings were recorded in the province during the last month.“Among those killed were 11 individuals who had pre…