Baloch Yakjehti Committee
Pakistani advocacy group
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC; Balochi: بلۏچ یکجهتی کمیٹی; lit. 'Baloch Unity Committee') or Balochistan Yakjehti Committee ('Balochistan Unity Committee'), is a human rights movement established in response to alleged state human rights abuses in Balochistan, Pakistan. The organisation has been confronted by Pakistani government as proxy of terrorist organisations and criminal smuggler groups. This organization was formed in 2020.
Background
In December 2020, it campaigned against the alleged murder of Karima Baloch in Canada, who was believed by the activists to have been assassinated by the Pakistani state.
In 2023, the BYC launched campaigns to protest the detention of Mahal Baloch by the Counter Terrorism Department of the police in Quetta, the assassination of Rauf Baloch by religious extremists in Turbat, and the state's alleged use of religious extremism.
Protests
2023 Baloch long march
The protest was sparked by the extrajudicial killing of Balach Mola Baksh, a 20-year-old from Turbat. Balach was abducted from his home on the night of October 29 by men in civilian clothes, suspected to be security officials, and was later killed in custody after a staged encounter by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan. Najma Mola Baksh, Balach's sister, also participated in the protest to seek justice for her brother and others. Najma said, "Even though I know I am not going to get justice here, but I will not leave till we get justice for all the other families who lost their loved ones, those who were killed or abducted by the state."
The protest was met with repeated harassment, arbitrary arrests, and disinformation campaigns by Pakistani authorities, including shelling and filing sedition cases against BYC leaders like Mahrang Baloch. Amnesty International condemned the severe crackdown on peaceful protesters.
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