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HeadlineDec 23, 2020
In Canada, exiled Pakistani human rights activist Karima Mehrab Baloch was found dead in Toronto this week. Her husband says she went out on a walk Sunday and never returned home. Her body was found the next day. Baloch fled Pakistan after receiving threats due to her human rights work in her home region of Balochistan. In 2016, the BBC named Baloch as one of the 100 most influential women working in human rights. Earlier this year, another exiled activist from Balochistan, the journalist Sajid Hussain, was found dead in Sweden.
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Killing of Karima Baloch part of brutal acts to crush Baloch freedom struggle
Sun Online Desk
23rd December, 2020 04:29:34
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the unscrupulous killing of Karima Mehrab Baloch, former chairperson of Baloch Students Organization, leader of Baloch National Movement (BNM) and Baloch rights activist in Toronto, Canada.
In his statement, he said that according to the statement issued by the Toronto police, Karima Baloch had been missing since 3 pm on Sunday and the police were searching for her on the report of her disappearance.
Today, her body was found which was confirmed by her family too, he said.
Who was Karima Baloch? All about the activist championing Balochistan s freedom found dead in Canada Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 17:53 IST
In 2016, Karima Baloch had sent a video message on Rakhi Day to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his help to save the thousands of Baloch student activists from torture at Pakistani establishments hands. Karima Baloch | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
Karima Baloch was a fearlessly vocal activist who demanded justice to the thousands of Baloch freedom fighters who have been abducted and disappeared by Pakistani state agencies
With her life as a Students Movement leader under threat, she had fled to Toronto in 2017 but always decried ISI and Pakistani Army s excesses
Pakistani Human Rights Activist Found Dead in Canada
Pakistani Human Rights Activist Found Dead in Canada
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A prominent ethnic Baloch rights activist, Karima Mehrab Baloch, 37, from the conflict-ridden province of Balochistan, Pakistan, was found dead on Dec. 21 after going missing in Toronto a day earlier.
“It’s confirmed that my friend, colleague, and prominent Baloch politician Karima Baloch, is no more among us physically,” Lateef Johar Baloch tweeted. “Toronto police found her dead body in Toronto today. Please pray for her family and friends!”
Toronto police said Karima was last seen on Dec 20 at approximately 3 p.m., in the Bay Street and Queens Quay West area in Toronto. Police did not give a cause of death.