Baloch Protesters Brave Cold Nights to Demand Justice – Islamabad Showdown Continues
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – As the temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) during a bitter January evening in Pakistan’s capital, nearly 400 members of the ethnic Baloch community have been staging a protest outside the National Press Club in Islamabad. Their demonstration is aimed at bringing attention to the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances that are widespread in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The protesters, including women and children, are enduring the harsh conditions as …