Pakistan Blocks Baloch Activist from US Trip

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan slammed the government Thursday for stopping three human rights activists from leaving the country to attend a conference in New York. In a written press release, HRCP called it “ridiculous” that the government would bar travel in order to censor someone’s point of view. One of the activists, 73-year-old Abdul Qadeer Baloch — known as Mama [Uncle] Qadeer — made headlines last year when he walked a grueling 2,000 kilometers from Quetta to the...

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