Police in Karachi have arrested Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) Central Leader Sammi Deen Baloch and Deputy Organizer Lala Wahab during a protest against “state brutality and enforced disappearances,
Pakistani forces cordoned off the Karachi Press Club in an attempt to block the protest. Despite this, dozens of activists, mostly women, managed to gather outside the building.
“As the protest began, police launched a crackdown, arresting dozens of women, including BYC Central Committee leader Sammi Deen Baloch and Deputy Organizer Lala Wahab,” the BYC said in a statement. “Their current whereabouts remain unknown.”