Pakistani Human Rights Activist Found Dead While Living in Exile in Toronto
The body of Pakistani human rights activist Karima Baloch was found in Toronto, Canada earlier this week.
Baloch, 37, who was living in exile in Toronto was reported missing on Sunday. Police say there were “not believed to be any suspicious circumstances” in her death as of yet.
Lateef Johar Baloch, a close friend and fellow activist told BBC that Baloch recently received anonymous threats from someone wanting to send her a “Christmas gift” and “teach her a lesson.”
Baloch campaigned for the rights of people in the Balochistan region of western Pakistan where she was a well-known activist. The region is known for its separatist insurgency fighting for autonomy and Baloch was a harsh critic of the Pakistani government. She was branded a terrorist and fled to Canada to continue her campaign in exile.
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In an email to CTV News, a press officer confirmed that Baloch had been found deceased, and that it was being “investigated as a non-criminal death” and there are “not believed to be any suspicious circumstances.” Baloch’s husband told the Guardian that her body had been found on Toronto’s Centre Island.
Who was Karima Baloch? Baloch was an activist from the Balochistan region in western Pakistan, and a vocal critic of the Pakistani military and state establishment. She was well known, and was the first female head of the banned activist group Baloch Student’s Organization, according to the BBC. Other members of her extended family with ties to the activist movement have gone missing and later been found dead.