The Baloch Yakjahti Committee has announced its Baloch National Gathering on 28 July at Gwadar, Balochistan.
People from different cities are preparing for the Baloch National Gathering.
Yesterday, Pakistani authorities blocked highways from Quetta to Mastung, Karachi to Hub Chowki, Dera Ghazi Khan, Nushki, and Gwadar, preventing Baloch participants from attending the Baloch national gathering. In response, people resisted and removed the containers blocking the highways.
Pakistani military forces tried to humiliate and harass Baloch Yakjahti Committee sympathizers by raiding activists homes, calling transport services, and issuing live threats to participants.
Yesterday, the Baloch Yakjahti Committee caravan removed containers at Quetta Lakh Pass and reached Mastung, where they faced brutality from the Pakistani military. As a result, several people were killed, hundreds were injured, and their tires were punctured by the military. Currently, members of the Baloch Yakjahti Committee are demonstrating on the Mastung highways against the military’s brutality.
The Deputy Commissioner of Gwadar has called for the elimination of Baloch Yakjahti Committee leader Dr. Mahrang Baloch. At this time, Gwadar is under siege, and a crackdown has started against the Baloch Yakjahti Committee, which is struggling for the protection of the Baloch nation, which has been facing genocide by Pakistani forces since 1948.
The international community should become the voice of the Baloch nation.
Pakistan: @amnesty is alarmed at the use of unlawful and unnecessary force against the participants of the Baloch National Gathering by security forces yesterday. It is a blatant violation of people’s right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
On 27 June, Frontier Corps reportedly…
— Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office (@amnestysasia) July 28, 2024
