The International Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International, on Tuesday asked Baluchistan Prime Minister, Sarfaraz Bugti, who “releases all Baloch activists detained.”
In March, Dr. Mahrang Baloch and other members of the Balochjehti (Byc) committee were arrested for “attacking” the Civil Hospital of Quetta and “incite people to violence”, one day after the group faced a police repression while protested against the alleged forced disappearances. The Byc is a Baloch defense group that has been working against forced disappearances since 2018.
“I urge you [Balochistan CM] To free all Baloch activists attacked only to exercise their rights to the Pacific Assembly and freedom of expression, ”said the amnesty sample letter.
He asked the Baluchistan Prime Minister, Sarfraz Bugti, to leave all the positions and cancel the arrest warrants against Baloch activists aimed only to exercise their rights.
“It ends the broader repression against activists and protesters throughout the province by allowing them to exercise their rights to the freedom of the Pacific Assembly and the expression without undue restrictions,” the letter urged.
“The repression against Baloch’s activists, including Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri, Beebow Baloch, Shah Jee Sibghat Ullah, Ghafar Baloch and Gulzadi Baloch, violate the international commitments of Pakistan’s human rights, particularly the rights to freedom of expression and the peaceful assembly,” the letter continued.
Amnesty said that laws such as the maintenance of public order ordinance (MPO) and the anti -terrorism law have been used to prolong their arbitrary detention in violation of their rights to freedom and due process.
“This is part of a broader repression against human rights in Baluchistan through the suppression of the Pacific Assembly, forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions,” said the Human Rights Organization.
He expressed concern for the safety and well -being of all detainees, since “access to family members and lawyers is regularly blocked by prison authorities.”
The letter said that the continuous arrest of the six Baloch activists, beyond the 90 -day period allowed under MPO, has already passed for a long time and violates the law.
Mahrang has been arrested in the prison of the Hudda district in Quetta under section 3 of the MPO, a law that allows authorities to arrest and detain people suspected of representing a threat to public order.
Last week, an anti -terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta delivered to Mahrang and other organizers of the Police custody group for 10 days, extending its arrest of three months.
In May, Amnesty and four other human rights organizations had asked Pakistan to free human rights defenders in Baluchistan and ended the repression of dissent.