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Human rights activists sentenced to life in prison Pakistan over soldier’s death during rally
The court convicted the Baloch Yakjehti Committee leaders of terrorism, sedition and murder after prosecutors said they mobilized a mob that killed a soldier.
- On Monday, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shah, leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee , to life in prison for the 2024 murder of a paramilitary soldier during a rally in Gwadar.
- Authorities allege the BYC serves as a front for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army , a separatist group designated a terrorist organization in 2006, though the BYC rejects these claims and maintains it is a peaceful rights movement.
- Prosecutors cited "undeniable evidence" that Mahrang and Shah mobilized the mob that killed the soldier, prompting authorities to move proceedings from Gwadar to Quetta amid security concerns and witness intimidation.
- Baluchistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti hailed the verdict as a "demonstration of the rule of law and justice," while provincial spokesman Shahid Rind stated the case concerned murder, not political activism or dissent.
- The defendants retain the right to appeal the verdict amid ongoing violence in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran and remains a center of long-running separatist insurgency.
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Activists in Pakistan sentenced to life in prison over soldier's death during rally
An anti-terrorism court in southwestern Pakistan has sentenced two human rights activists to life in prison over the 2024 death of a paramilitary soldier during a rally in the port city of Gwadar.
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