Tag: mahrang baloch
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Protests end as Baloch Solidarity Committee reaches agreement with government
The Baloch Solidarity Committee (BSC) has announced the end of their protest after successful negotiations with the government, concluding its sit-in in Gwadar and other cities of Balochistan on the night of August 8. The negotiations took place in Gwadar, with the government delegation led by Senior Minister Mir Zahoor Ahmad Bilidi and the BSC…
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Fact Check: Viral video of Mahrang Baloch’s arrest actually from 2020
A video circulated on social media on Thursday shows Baloch activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch being dragged into a police van, suggesting that she has been arrested. Dawn.com, however, conducted a fact check and confirmed that the video is from 2020. This spread of misinformation coincides with renewed unrest in Balochistan following protests by the Baloch…
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Baloch protestors call off Islamabad sit-in after a month
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) led by Dr Mahrang Baloch, has on Tuesday called off their over 30 day-long sit-in outside the National Press Club (NPC) in Islamabad, Geo News has reported. Baloch protesters had been protesting in the federal capital since December 20, 2023, against “enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings”.Activist Dr Mahrang Baloch said…
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Our people of the year 2023: Motaz and Mahrang
2023 saw the world witnessing war and injustices on a global scale, and the rise of indigenous leadership. It is said that leaders are not born, they are made. The war on Gaza and some indigenous movements have caused a paradigm shift in the collective consciousness of people by changing the way pop culture approaches…