Karima Baloch buried in Pakistan amid high security
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Karima Baloch. ANI file
Pakistani activist who died in exile in Canada was brought home and laid to rest in her home village
A Pakistani dissident and woman rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was brought home and laid to rest in her home village in the southwestern Baluchistan province under tight security, activists said on Monday.
Only the immediate family of 37-year-old Karima Baloch were allowed to attend her funeral on Sunday in the village of Tump in Baluchistan.
Her supporters claim that Pakistani troops had sealed off the village and prevented them from attending her burial. Her remains were brought to Pakistan from Canada earlier on Sunday.
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Even dead Baloch woman not spared from abduction by Pakistan, says bother of slain activist Karima Baloch
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25th January, 2021 07:40:21
Sameer Mehrab, brother of slain human rights activist Karima Baloch, lashed out at Pakistani authorities on Sunday after the body of his sister was forcefully taken away while it was being escorted to her hometown in Tump, Balochistan.
“Previously we thought only living Baloch are prone to abductions. Here, this is a new law. Even a Baloch dead woman is not spared from abduction by Pakistan,” Sameer tweeted.
Karima, a prominent Baloch activist who died in Canada in December last year was slated to get buried on January 25, Balochwarna reported. However, before the corpse could be transported from Karachi to Balochistan, Pakistani authorities took Karima’s body along with her family from the airport, to an unknown location.
Her remains were brought to Pakistan from Canada earlier on Sunday
Pakistani dissident Karima Baloch, who died in exile in Canada last month, was laid to rest in her home village in Balochistan province under tight security. She was a fierce critic of Pakistani spy agencies over “abduction of activists”. Her supporters claim that Pakistani troops had sealed off the village and prevented them from attending her burial.
Her remains were brought to Pakistan from Canada earlier on Sunday.
Baloch’s body was found on Dec. 22 near Toronto’s downtown waterfront, a place that she liked and often visited, a day after she was reported missing. Toronto police have not treated her death as suspicious though there were allegations by her supporters that she was killed.
Published Monday, January 25, 2021 8:46AM EST QUETTA, Pakistan A Pakistani dissident and woman rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was brought home and laid to rest in her home village in the southwestern Baluchistan province under tight security, activists said Monday. Only the immediate family of 37-year-old Karima Baloch were allowed to attend her funeral on Sunday in the village of Tump in Baluchistan. Her supporters claim that Pakistani troops had sealed off the village and prevented them from attending her burial. Her remains were brought to Pakistan from Canada earlier on Sunday. Baloch s body was found on Dec. 22 near Toronto s downtown waterfront, a place that she liked and often visited, a day after she was reported missing. Toronto police have not treated her death as suspicious though there were allegations by her supporters that she was killed.
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