UK: Baloch rights activist to launch 3-day hunger strike over Pakistan rights concerns
London, June 30 -- Baloch human rights activist Aomar Karim will begin a three-day peaceful hunger strike outside the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), opposite 10 Downing Street in London, from July 1 to July 3, in an effort to draw international attention to alleged human rights violations in Pakistan's Balochistan region.
The protest aims to highlight longstanding concerns over enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and the treatment of Baloch political activists and human rights defenders. A key focus of the demonstration is the recent life sentences handed down to Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shahji, which Karim and supporters describe as politically motivated.
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