The International Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International, demanded on Thursday to the government that ends the “systematic attacks and relentless repression” in Baloch activists recently protesting against alleged forced disappearances and other human rights problems.
On Friday night, the police used tear gas, water cannons and blank shots to disperse the protesters of the Balochjehti Committee (Byc) that organized a sitting in Quetta, with the provincial government and the byc that report victims, byc claiming three dead and 13 injured, while the police reported about 10 personnel personnel.
The arrest of the BYC chief organizer, Dr. Mahrang Baloch, under terrorist positions, with another 150 caused closing strikes in several Baluchistan cities. In Karachi, the leader of Byc, Sammi Baloch, was arrested for protesting and then retained by the disturbing public order despite a judicial magistrate ordering his release with four detained activists.
In a statement issued today, Babu Ram Pant, regional deputy director of Amnesty for Asia del Sur, said: “The Pakistani authorities must immediately release all Baloch activists who stop simply by exercising their right to freedom of expression and the peaceful assembly. Amnesty reiterates their call to a quick, exhaustive and impartial account on the use of the use of the use of the use of the use of the use of the use of the use of the use of the peaceful protests and guarantees that the violations and account of the responsibility are accounts and the share of responsibility and the violations.
He said that “relentless repression” about Baloch activists during the past week and his continuous detention meant a “systematic attack on the rights of [the] Baloch community. ”
Pant said that the amnesty was concerned about the reports of family members that Mahrang and Batg Zehri, pointing out that he was someone with disabilities, did not access medical assistance “despite the fact that their health deteriorated severely during custody.”
The official reviewed that the “weapons of the legal system, through multiple reports of first information information” and preventive arrests under the maintenance of the public order ordinance, despite the fact that activists were granted bail, it was a “serious violation” of their right to due process and a fair trial.
“It shows that the agencies of application of the law do not take into account the rights of the peoples of Baloch under the constitution of Pakistan and the country’s obligations under the International Human Rights Law,” Amnesty said.
The declaration of censorship occurs one day after the UN independent experts made demands similar to the government.
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) had ruled out the declaration of the UN experts and said that their comments were based on “selective and not verified media reports” and lacked “balance and proportionality.”
The FO spokesman reiterated the same in his weekly press information session today and justified the government’s approach to protests so far.
