Baloch activist Karima found dead in Toronto

New Delhi/Toronto, Dec 22 A prominent Baloch activist, Karima Baloch, who took on the Pakistan army over human rights abuses in Balochistan, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Canada. Karima was a refugee in Canada, after having escaped the...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:34 AM Dec 23, 2020 IST

New Delhi/Toronto, Dec 22

A prominent Baloch activist, Karima Baloch, who took on the Pakistan army over human rights abuses in Balochistan, was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Canada.

Karima was a refugee in Canada, after having escaped the persecution by the Pakistani army in Balochistan.

Named as one of the world’s 100 most inspirational and influential women in 2016 by the BBC, Karima was known as one of the strongest voices of Baloch people at home and abroad.

According to the Balochistan Post, Karima went missing on Sunday afternoon. On Monday, her family said they had found her body. In a similar pattern, another Pakistani dissident, Baloch journalist Sajid Hussain, was found dead in Sweden. Balochistan is a conflict-torn province of Pakistan where the Pakistan army is accused of committing grave and wide spread human rights violations. — IANS

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