Sit-in against Turbat ‘killings’ enters sixth day

By globalpoliticsnews on November 29, 2023

by Behram Baloch in Dawn, Nov 29th, 2023GWADAR: A comprehensive shutter down and wheel jam strike was observed throughout the Makran division on Tuesday in protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh during an intelligence-based operation on Pasni road in Turbat. The protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing has now entered its sixth day. The call for the shutdown and wheel jam strike was issued by the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) in…

Sit-in against Turbat ‘killings’ enters fifth day

By globalpoliticsnews on November 28, 2023

by Behram Baloch in Dawn, November 28th, 2023QUETTA: The sit-in against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh entered the fifth day on Monday as no headway was made in talks between protesters and authorities. All shops remained closed due to a shutter down strike as family members, along with supporters of the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) and political parties, held sit-ins at the D-Baloch China-Pakistan Economic Corridor road linking Turbat to Karachi and…

Bangladesh sanctions to remain until police reform: US

By globalpoliticsnews on February 17, 2023

AFP report, February 17, 2023DHAKA: The United States will not lift sanctions on an elite Bangladesh police unit accused of extrajudicial killings until it is reformed, a top US envoy visiting the country has said. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet visited the South Asian country this week where he discussed security cooperation with government representatives in Dhaka. The diplomat is one of the most senior US officials to travel to Bangladesh since Washington sanctioned the…

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