Pakistan Crackdown: Activists Arrested and Beaten for Protesting Extrajudicial Killings in Islamabad

Pakistani police used water cannons, batons, and arrests to prevent activists from protesting in Islamabad against forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Baluchistan province. The protesters, including families with children, had embarked on a 1,000-mile convoy to draw attention to the death of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, who died in police custody. Human rights activists and Bakhsh's family are demanding justice and the arrest of the officials responsible. The crackdown drew condemnation from human rights organizations, and the government has started releasing the detained protesters. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan strongly condemned the police crackdown and demanded the immediate release of the detainees.