Balochistan [Pakistan], March 22 : Baloch activist Iqra Baloch has raised concerns about the arrest of Baloch rights leader Mahrang Baloch, who was taken into custody by the police on Saturday morning.
Sharing a post on X, Iqra expressed her frustration, stating, “10 hours, and still no information!.”
My elder sister, @MahrangBaloch_, and my younger sister were taken by the police this morning.
10 hours, and still no information! We have not been given a copy of the FIR. Only hearing she is being held in Hudda District Prison, but we have no right to meet her. @EUPakistan pic.twitter.com/UdA6nUmD7d
— Iqra Baloch (@BalochIqra55) March 22, 2025
“My elder sister, @MahrangBaloch, and my younger sister were taken by the police this morning. 10 hours, and still no information! We have not been given a copy of the FIR. Only hearing she is being held in Hudda District Prison, but we have no right to meet her. @EUPakistan,” the post stated.
Earlier in the day, Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, also strongly condemned the arrest and the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters by Pakistani security forces in Quetta.
In a statement posted on social media platform X, Lawlor expressed deep concern over reports of the arrest of Mahrang Baloch and several other human rights defenders (HRDs) in Balochistan.
“Very concerned by reports that Mahrang Baloch and a number of other HRDs have been arrested in Balochistan following a crackdown on Baloch Yakjehti Committee protesters in Quetta,” Lawlor wrote, calling attention to the ongoing repression in the region.
