Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Baloch Families Protest in Islamabad, Demand Release of Leaders
Families from Balochistan are protesting in Islamabad for seven days.
They want the government to free leaders from a group called the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) and stop people from disappearing.
The families, including women, children, and the elderly, are facing challenges as authorities have blocked roads and restricted their access to the Islamabad Press Club.
The protesters are facing intimidation from police, who are conducting identification checks.
The BYC says the government is responsible for any harm to the protesters, who are determined to continue their peaceful demonstration despite the rain and police actions.
Their main goals are to have BYC leaders released and missing people found.
Baloch families are in their seventh day of a sit-in protest in Islamabad.
They demand the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders.
The protesters also call for an end to enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Authorities have blocked roads and restricted access to the protest site.
BYC reports intimidation tactics from police, including identification checks.
- Who
- Baloch families and the Baloch Yakjehti Committee.
- What
- A peaceful sit-in protest demanding the release of BYC leaders and an end to enforced disappearances.
- When
- The protest has entered its seventh day.
- Where
- Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Why
- To demand the release of BYC leaders and an end to enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
Protesters' Demands
Authorities' Actions
BYC Leaders
Protesters' Demands
Release BYC leaders
Authorities' Actions
Unspecified
Enforced Disappearances
Protesters' Demands
End enforced disappearances
Authorities' Actions
Unspecified
- Protest Duration
- 7 days
- Primary Demand
- Release of BYC leaders
- Secondary Demand
- End to enforced disappearances
- Location
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Organization Involved
- Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC)