Pakistan: Authorities must immediately release Baloch activists handed life sentences following secret trial

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the life sentences given by Quetta’s Anti-Terrorism court to Baloch activists Mahrang Baloch and Sibghat Ullah Shah Jee on 22 June over their involvement in a 2024 protest during which a security officer was killed, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “This verdict, which is an affront to […] The post Pakistan: Authorities must immediately release Baloch activists handed life sentences following secret trial appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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