The organizer of the Nadia Baloch committee, sister of the Baloch Jakjehti Committee (Byc), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, wrote a letter to the President of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Aphridi requesting “urgent intervention” against the alleged abuse of his brother and other leaders of the group in prison.
On Friday, Mahrang and other BYC leaders launched a hunger strike to protest as supposed “torture” by jail staff, as well as the transfer of activist Beebow Baloch to the Pelhin district jail.
“Dr. Mahrang Baloch has said that the hunger strike was launched to protest CTD officials (Department of Contribution) within the district jail and the transfer of BeeBow Baloch to the Pelhin district jail,” said Mahrang’s lawyer, Imran Baloch, Dawn.com.
According to the letter, which has been seen by Dawn.comNadia claimed that Mahrang “is subjected daily to mental torture and coercion to abandon its peaceful movement.”
“After its refusal, it was tried to transfer it to an unrelated location, and when it resisted, the officials physically assault her on 23.04.2025,” he said.
He also informed the CJP about Beebow’s transfer to the Pishin District prison, claiming that the activist’s whereabouts was unknown for a whole day.
“It was subsequently discovered that she had been transferred to the district prison, Pishin, under constant surveillance, including the installation of cameras that committed their privacy even within the bathing areas,” Nadia claimed.
Nadia also regretted the arrest of Sibghatullah Shah, Beebarg Baloch and Gulzadi Baloch and declared that the treatment of the leaders of Byc violates articles 4 (guarantee to be treated in accordance with the law), 9 (protection of life and liberation) and 14 (inviolability of dignity and protection against torture) of the Constitution.
He added that rules 939, 940 and 1065 of the rules of Pakistan prison, 1978, were also raped.
“[The provisions] Mandate The human and impartial treatment of all detainees. These provisions assume a clear duty to the Superintendent to take all necessary measures to guarantee the security, dignity and protection of prisoners in their custody. “
Nadia added that according to sections 167 (5) and 167 (7) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (CRPC), prisoners could not be transferred between detention centers without the approval of the court.
“Any attempt to withdraw the detainees from the Quetta district prison to another jail within the province, therefore, would constitute an exercise of arbitrary and illegal authority,” he wrote.
“Unfortunately, despite the previous legal safeguards, government officials actively pursue such transfers. In fact, Mrs. Beebow Baloch has already been forcibly transferred to the Pishin district jail while it is in custody, after the use of physical force,” Nadia claimed.
In the letter, Nadia urged the CJP to “take an urgent notice of physical and mental torture inflicted on these detainees; avoid any illegal transfer or removal without a legal process due directly that their fundamental rights are completely protected according to the law and that their security is guaranteed during their confinement.”
“This intervention is not only necessary but urgent, since inaction continues to threaten its fundamental rights, personal security and well -being,” Nadia wrote.
“Such intervention would be in line with the reform efforts that their honor has made for the improvement of the prisoners.”
Mahrang and other byc activists were arrested on March 22 for allegedly “attacking” the Civil Hospital of Quetta and “incite people to violence”, a day after their members faced a police repression in Quetta while protested against alleged forced disappearances.
His arrest under Section 3 of the public order maintenance artillery caused a general condemnation of Baloch rights activists and international rights agencies.
The National Party of Baluchistan, Mengal, began a “long march” of Wadh to Quetta on March 28 to protest the arrests of BYC leaders and activists, including Mahrang and Sammi Deen Baloch, who was released on April 1. The sitting concluded on April 16, with the party announcing that it would launch a public dissemination movement.
