Baloch, who has been detained since March 2025 at the Hudda District Prison in Quetta, is a leader of the Balochistan Unity (Yakjehti) Committee and a vocal campaigner against alleged enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, her activism focuses on peaceful and non-violent means.
The sentencing of the two human rights advocates drew sharp criticism from rights organizations, including Amnesty International. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan called for a review of the ruling, citing the state’s biased policy of treating rights advocacy in the same way as extremism.
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