Pakistan: Sammi Baloch, leading activist against enforced disappearances joins BYC
Oct 25, 2024
Balochistan, [Pakistan] October 25 : Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Friday welcomed Sammi Baloch on officially joining the rights group. Sammi Deen Baloch has been a leading activist against enforced disappearances for the last 15 years. She is a frontline defender and a global voice against the 'Baloch Genocide'.
Baloch Yakjehti Committee has been holding protest rallies across Pakistan against enforced disappearances by the Pakistan armed forces.
On Thursday, Ubaidullah Tagapi son of Haji Barkat Tagapi, was abducted during day time by armed forces, leading the family to organise a protest. However, the Pakistan armed forces harassed the family and forcibly stopped the demonstrations.
In another instance, Haseeb Baloch was forcibly disappeared by the Pak law enforcement agency. The 22-year-old youth graduated from ARID University and is a resident of Panjgur. A peaceful protest was organised in Panjgur but the state authorities used violence and abducted some of the protestors involved in the demonstrations.
Meanwhile, BYC informed that Haseeb Baloch has been released, and is currently hospitalized in civil hospital Panjgur. He was extremely tortured and beaten.
Baloch masses from across Balochistan, under the banner of "Breaking Silence: Standing Against Enforced Disappearances," are resisting state-sponsored crimes against them. In this effort, five peaceful protests have been organized in different regions of Balochistan.
As part of this ongoing campaign, a peaceful protest was planned in Panjgur, where the administration and law enforcement agencies attempted to prevent people from participating. State authorities abducted a participant in the protest and continue to monitor others involved in the protests. The lives of protesters are in grave danger, as they face the threat of enforced disappearances.
Previous protests were held in Karachi, Hub, Turbat, and Khuzdar, where the families of forcibly disappeared individuals registered their cases with the BYC.
The BYC's campaign against enforced disappearances, which is used as a systematic tool to escalate the Baloch genocide, continues.
