{{short description|Baloch human rights activist from Pakistan's Balochistan province (1983–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Karima Baloch | native_name = کریمه بلۏچ | image = Karima Baloch.png | caption = 2016 screenshot of Karima Baloch<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 August 2016|title=Baloch activist makes Rakhi appeal, asks PM Modi to be voice of their struggle|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karima-baloch-modi-rakshabandhan-appeal-336078-2016-08-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170725/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karima-baloch-modi-rakshabandhan-appeal-336078-2016-08-19|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=24 December 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> | birth_name = Karima Mehrab<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perkel|first=Colin|date=22 December 2020|title=Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto, prompting calls for probe|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7537316/karima-mehrab-baloch-death-toronto/|access-date=12 January 2021|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Purkel|first=Colin|date=23 December 2020|title=Family of activist Karima Mehrab urge thorough investigation into her death|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/family-of-activist-karima-mehrab-urge-thorough-investigation-into-her-death/|access-date=12 January 2021|website=CTV News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 December 2020|title=Missing Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/karima-baloch-mehrab-dead-canada-1.5851347|access-date=12 January 2021|website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1983|3|8}} | birth_place = Tump, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan | burial_place = Tump, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan | burial_coordinates = {{coord|26.0983|62.3649|region:PK_type:city|display=inline}} | occupation = Human rights activist<ref name="alj">{{Cite web|last=Hashim|first=Asad|date=22 December 2020|title=Prominent Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/22/prominent-pakistani-rights-activist-found-dead-in-toronto|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112030927/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/22/prominent-pakistani-rights-activist-found-dead-in-toronto|archive-date=12 January 2021|access-date=12 January 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> | organization = Baloch Students Organization (BSO) | awards = BBC 100 Women (2016) | years_active = 2005–2020 | death_date = 20/{{death date and given age|2020|12|22|37|df=yes}} | death_place = Toronto waterfront (Lake Ontario), Toronto, Canada | death_cause = Drowning | known_for = Advocacy for Baloch rights, criticism of the Pakistani government | spouse = Hammal Haider | relatives = Sameer Mehrab (brother), Mahganj Baloch (sister) }}
'''Karima Baloch''' ({{Langx|bal|کریمه بلۏچ}}; 8 March 1983<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 January 2021|title=Grief, anger and a curfew as Pakistani activist Karima Baloch buried|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/body-of-karima-baloch-returned-to-pakistan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125091406/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/body-of-karima-baloch-returned-to-pakistan|archive-date=25 January 2021|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> – 20/22 December 2020),<ref>{{Cite web|last=SL|first=TAI GABE DIGITALA|date=2020-12-22|title=Hallan muerta a una destacada militante baluche refugiada en Canadá|url=https://www.naiz.eus/eu/info/noticia/20201222/hallan-muerta-a-una-destacada-militante-baluche-refugiada-en-canada|access-date=2021-01-02|website=naiz|language=es}}</ref> also known as '''Karima Mehrab''' ({{Langx|bal|کریمہ محراب|label=none}}),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perkel|first=Colin|date=23 December 2020|title=Family of Pakistan dissident Karima Mehrab urge thorough investigation into her death|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-family-of-pakistan-dissident-karima-mehrab-urge-thorough-investigation/|url-status=live|access-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225160932/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-family-of-pakistan-dissident-karima-mehrab-urge-thorough-investigation/|archive-date=25 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Bharti|first1=Bianca|last2=Maric|first2=Jelena|date=22 December 2020|title=Police say death of Pakistani activist Karima Mehrab in Toronto was 'non-criminal' but others have doubts|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/karima-mehrab-pakistani-separatist-activist-found-dead-in-toronto|access-date=12 January 2021|website=National Post|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Perkel|first=Colin|date=22 December 2020|title=Anger, suspicion after Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/2020/12/22/pakistani-dissident-karima-mehrab-found-dead-in-toronto-police-say-not-suspicious.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224075017/https://www.thestar.com/politics/2020/12/22/pakistani-dissident-karima-mehrab-found-dead-in-toronto-police-say-not-suspicious.html|archive-date=24 December 2020|access-date=12 January 2021|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref> was a Baloch human rights and pro-independence activist from Balochistan, Pakistan.<ref name="Guardian_Ellis-Petersen">{{Cite news|last1=Baloch|first1=Shah Meer|last2=Ellis-Petersen|first2=Hannah|date=22 December 2020|title=Karima Baloch, Pakistani human rights activist, found dead in Canada|language=en|website=The Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/22/karima-baloch-pakistani-human-rights-activist-found-dead-in-canada|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224212041/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/22/karima-baloch-pakistani-human-rights-activist-found-dead-in-canada|archive-date=24 December 2020}}</ref> She was the first female chairperson of the Baloch Students Organization - Azad (BSO-Azad).<ref name=":2" /> She was included in the 100 Women List by the ''BBC'' in 2016, where she was identified as a political activist campaigning for the "independence for Balochistan from Pakistan."<ref name="list2016"/>
In 2015, Karima fled Pakistan and took refuge in Canada after fearing for her life for speaking out against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by the Pakistani military. On 22 December 2020, her dead body was found submerged at Toronto's waterfront under circumstances that were described as suspicious by her family, as well as several politicians and activists including the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), who claimed she was killed by the Pakistani government. Despite Canadian authorities ruling her death as "non-criminal," her death raised significant concerns and demands for further investigation.<ref name="111a"/><ref name="alj"/><ref name="BBC News"/>
== Activist career == thumb Baloch started her career as a human rights and independence activist in 2005, when she attended a protest in Turbat over forced disappearances in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, where she carried a picture of one of her missing relatives.<ref name="BBC-22-12-2020">{{Cite news|date=22 December 2020|title=Karima Baloch: Pakistani rights activist found dead in Toronto|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55368524|url-status=live|access-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224212047/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55368524|archive-date=24 December 2020}}</ref> She joined the Baloch Students Organization (BSO) in 2006, serving in several different positions and eventually becoming the organization's chairperson in 2015.<ref name="BBC-22-12-2020" /> During these years, Baloch travelled all over Balochistan, organizing outreach programs such as protests and rallies. A 2014 ''OZY'' article about her states, "In Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, Karima is seen as a dangerous political actor and a threat to the nation’s security. Meanwhile, a thousand kilometers southwest, deep inside Balochistan, she's a local hero and a beacon of hope."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palet|first=Laura Secorun|date=18 October 2014|title=Karima Baloch: Campaigning for Independence From Pakistan|url=https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/karima-baloch-campaigning-for-independence-from-pakistan/35353/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170513/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/karima-baloch-campaigning-for-independence-from-pakistan/35353/|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020|website=OZY}}</ref>
In an interview in 2014, she said,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Jahanzeb|date=10 July 2014|title=This woman is leading Baloch students in their struggle for independence from Pakistan|url=https://globalvoices.org/2014/07/10/banuk-karima-baloch-leads-student-organization-balochistan-pakistan/|access-date=24 December 2020|website=Global Voices}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=For us, peaceful struggle has been turned into a lethal poison. During the previous three years, many of our members have been brutally killed and thousands have been abducted. Two months back, the chairman of my organization was kidnapped right in front of my eyes. Before that, in 2009, the vice-chairman of our organization Zakir Majeed was kidnapped by the secret services while he was attending a crowded procession. He is still missing. [...] the noose has been tightened around our necks.|author=|title=|source=}}
== Exile from Pakistan == In 2015, Baloch went into self-imposed exile after terrorism charges were filed against her by the Government of Pakistan,<ref>{{Cite web | date=19 January 2024| title=Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations | work=Government of the United Kingdom | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2}}</ref>) with her younger sister Mahganj Baloch stating that, "She didn't go abroad because she wanted to, but because... open activism in Pakistan had become impossible."<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news|date=2020-12-24|title=Karima Baloch: Activist's family mourns a 'mountain of courage'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55434925|access-date=2021-01-12}}</ref> A year later, in 2016, she was granted asylum in Canada, where she lived until her disappearance and death in December 2020.<ref name="Dawn-23-12-2020">{{cite web|date=23 December 2020|title=Canadian police conclude investigation, term Karima Baloch's death 'non-criminal'|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1597399/canadian-police-conclude-investigation-term-karima-balochs-death-non-criminal|access-date=24 December 2020|publisher=Dawn News}}</ref> In 2016, following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public speech on India's Independence Day in which he mentioned the situation in Pakistani Balochistan, Baloch addressed him in a video and thanked him for mentioning the issue, stating: "We will fight our own war, you just be our voice" {{Small|(translation)}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 August 2016|title=Rakhi message for PM Modi from Balochistan: Be our brother, be our voice|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/narendra-modi-balochistan-rakhi-message-karima-baloch-video-2984869/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170513/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/narendra-modi-balochistan-rakhi-message-karima-baloch-video-2984869/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Manimugdha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOOqDwAAQBAJ&q=Karima+Baloch&pg=PT99|title=Allahu Akbar: Understanding the Great Mughal in Today's India|date=18 October 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-93-86950-54-3|language=en|quote=This didn’t mean much on a strategic level as India didn't really have the wherewithal to aid the Baloch struggle physically […] This gladdened many Baloch hearts…|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170514/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZOOqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&dq=Karima+Baloch&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2pJXX9uvtAhU8wjgGHQZeBCUQ6AEwAHoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Karima%20Baloch&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
Baloch was included in the 100 Women List by the ''BBC'' in 2016, where she was identified as a political activist who "campaigns for independence for Balochistan from Pakistan".<ref name="list2016">[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-38012048 BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711230227/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38012048 |date=11 July 2017 }}, BBC, 7 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2016|title=Two Pakistani women made it to BBC's 100 Women 2016 list|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1176629|access-date=25 December 2020|website=Dawn|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170514/https://images.dawn.com/news/1176629|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 December 2020|title=Prominent Baloch activist, vocal critic of Pakistan government, found dead in Toronto|url=https://scroll.in/latest/982069/prominent-baloch-activist-vocal-critic-of-pakistan-government-found-dead-in-toronto|access-date=24 December 2020|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> Baloch listed Dad Shah and Hatun Bibi—both Baloch rebels who fought against the Imperial State of Iran in Iranian Balochistan—as the primary inspirations behind her activism.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018, she raised issues related to gender inequality in Pakistan at the United Nations Human Rights Council.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=23 December 2020|title=Deaths of Karima Baloch, Sajid Hussain bound to raise uncomfortable questions for Pakistan on Balochistan|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/deaths-of-karima-baloch-sajid-hussain-bound-to-raise-uncomfortable-questions-for-pakistan-on-balochistan-9140661.html|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Firstpost}}</ref> She also raised issues related to Balochistan in Canada, such as during a meeting in Toronto, where she mentioned Pakistani Military's role in Balochistan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Anirudh|date=27 March 2018|title=Baloch activists want support from India without 'Kashmir lens'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/baloch-activists-want-support-from-india-without-kashmir-lens/story-f3UEs5HiywQ2LIwzLWHX1N.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170514/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/baloch-activists-want-support-from-india-without-kashmir-lens/story-f3UEs5HiywQ2LIwzLWHX1N.html|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
In December 2017, Baloch received a message that if she won't return to Pakistan, her uncle Noor Mohammed, a schoolteacher, will be killed. As she refused to go back, a few hours before her asylum hearing, on 2 January 2018, she got the news that her uncle had been found dead.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/body-of-karima-baloch-returned-to-pakistan| title =Grief, anger and a curfew as Pakistani activist Karima Baloch buried| last =Baloch| first =Shah Meer| last2 =Ellis-Petersen| first2 =Hannah| date =2021-01-25| publisher =The Guardian | access-date =2024-12-13}}</ref>
==Personal life and family== Baloch had two siblings, a brother named Sameer Mehrab<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=Pak activist Karima Baloch's family seeks investigation into her death: MEA|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pak-activist-karima-baloch-s-family-seeks-investigation-into-her-death-mea/story-aXtSU8sUq6lXl5I7CwCu5I.html|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> and a sister named Mahganj Baloch.<ref name="BBC News"/><ref name="BBC_Drury" /> She married a fellow Baloch activist, Hammal Baloch (also known as Hammal Haider), in Toronto.<ref name="BBC_Drury" /><ref name="Guardian_Ellis-Petersen" /> Several members of her extended family have been linked to the Balochistan insurgency in Pakistan and Iran.<ref name="BBC_Drury">{{Cite news|last=Drury|first=Flora|date=24 December 2020|title=Karima Baloch: Activist's family mourns a 'mountain of courage'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55434925|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>
== Disappearance and death == [[Image:Demonstration Karima Baloch Pakistan.jpg|thumb|A protest in Pakistan following the discovery of Karima Baloch's body in Canada. Protests were held in Pakistani cities including in Lahore and Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2020|title=کریمہ بلوچ کی موت کے خلاف پاکستان میں احتجاج|url=https://www.urduvoa.com/a/protests-for-karima-baloch-24dec2020/5711834.html|access-date=12 January 2021|website=وی او اے|language=ur}}</ref>]]Baloch was last seen alive on 20 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prominent Baloch activist, vocal critic of Pakistan government, found dead in Toronto|url=https://scroll.in/latest/982069/prominent-baloch-activist-vocal-critic-of-pakistan-government-found-dead-in-toronto|access-date=23 December 2020|website=Scroll.in|date=23 December 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 December 2020|title=Toronto Police Operations|url=https://twitter.com/TPSOperations/status/1341000253428928515|access-date=12 January 2021|website=Twitter}}</ref> On 22 December 2020, her dead body was found submerged at the Toronto waterfront.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Ankita|date=23 December 2020|title=Missing Pakistani activist Karima Baloch found dead in Toronto|url=https://p.dw.com/p/3n7tz|access-date=23 December 2020|website=DW|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 December 2020|title=Activist Karima Baloch, vocal about Balochistan's freedom from Pakistan, found dead in Canada|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/karima-baloch-found-dead-in-canada-7114806/|access-date=22 December 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The Toronto Police Service initially reported that her body was found near Lake Ontario, although no further details were given.<ref name=BBC_Drury /> ''CBC News'' reported that a close friend and fellow Baloch activist, Lateef Johar, said that "officers had told her family she was found drowned in the water".<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 December 2020|title=Missing Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/karima-baloch-mehrab-dead-canada-1.5851347|url-status=live|access-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170538/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/karima-baloch-mehrab-dead-canada-1.5851347|archive-date=26 December 2020}}</ref> Small-scale protests demanding an investigation into her death occurred in Pakistani Balochistan and Canada;<ref name="CTV-23-12-2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/family-of-activist-karima-mehrab-urge-thorough-investigation-into-her-death/|title=Family of activist Karima Mehrab urge thorough investigation into her death|publisher=ctvnews.ca|date=23 December 2020|access-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224212038/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/family-of-activist-karima-mehrab-urge-thorough-investigation-into-her-death-1.5243352|archive-date=24 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 December 2020|title=BHRC to hold vigil for activist Karima Baloch in Toronto|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/bhrc-to-hold-vigil-for-activist-karima-baloch-in-toronto20201226105248/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170546/https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/bhrc-to-hold-vigil-for-activist-karima-baloch-in-toronto20201226105248/|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref> ethnic Baloch, Pashtun and Sindhi minority groups in Canada issued a joint statement in this regard.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhalla|first=Abhishek|date=23 December 2020|title=Pak dissident groups in Canada claim activist Karima Baloch was murdered, demand investigation|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pak-dissident-groups-in-canada-claim-activist-karima-baloch-was-murdered-demand-investigation-1752284-2020-12-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170612/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pak-dissident-groups-in-canada-claim-activist-karima-baloch-was-murdered-demand-investigation-1752284-2020-12-23|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=26 December 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Canadian police acknowledged the concerns around Baloch's death, but stated that they had found no evidence of foul play,<ref name="CTV-23-12-2020"/> and concluded that her death was "non-criminal".<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/23/canadian-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-pakistani-activist-death|title=Canadian police rule out 'foul play' in Pakistani activist death|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=23 December 2020|access-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224212039/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/23/canadian-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-pakistani-activist-death|archive-date=24 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dawn-23-12-2020"/> In Canada, Baloch received multiple threats. As recalled by her husband, a few days before her death she received a message that said “You will receive a Christmas Gift for your deeds”.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.newcanadianmedia.ca/karima-balochs-death-remains-a-mystery/| title =Karima Baloch’s death remains a mystery| last =Marif| first =Diary| date =2023-01-06| publisher =New Canadian Media | access-date =2024-12-13}}</ref> Chris Alexander, the former Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, stated in a tweet: "All of us who knew Karima see the circumstances of her death as deeply suspicious. We must leave no stone unturned in uncovering & confronting the reality of what happened to her."<ref name="111a">{{Cite web|last=Inayat|first=Naila|date=25 December 2020|title=Threatened with 'Christmas gift', Karima Baloch's death leaves more questions than answers|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/letter-from-pakistan/threatened-christmas-gift-karima-baloch-death-more-questions-than-answers/573257/|access-date=26 December 2020|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|archive-date=26 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226170537/https://theprint.in/opinion/letter-from-pakistan/threatened-christmas-gift-karima-baloch-death-more-questions-than-answers/573257/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''CBC News'' documents the story of Baloch's activism and her death in the podcast "The Kill List".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kill List podcast |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/listen-the-kill-list-1.6514561 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=CBC}}</ref>
Baloch's husband Hammal Haider openly blames the Pakistani military, especially the Pakistani ISI, for her killing.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/karima-balochs-husband-blames-pakistans-isi-for-her-killing-asks-canadian-govt-to-reopen-case/articleshow/104025838.cms| title =Karima Baloch's husband blames Pakistan ISI for her killing, asks Canadian govt to reopen case| last =| first =| date =2023-09-29| publisher =Times of India | access-date =2024-12-13}}</ref> A few months before her death Sajid Hussain, a journalist who wrote about human rights violations in Balochistan, was found drowned in Sweden, where he had sought asylum.<ref name="Guardian_Ellis-Petersen"/>
Her inclusion in the BBC 100 list as a Baloch woman was repeated in 2024 when the Iranian Zhina Modares Gorji bookseller was also named for her struggle for freedom of speech.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women Activists from Balochistan and Kurdistan Nominated to BBC’s 100 Influential Individuals |url=https://balochwarna.com/2024/12/03/women-activists-from-balochistan-and-kurdistan-nominated-to-bbcs-100-influential-individuals/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Balochwarna/> |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Insurgency in Balochistan * Human rights violations in Balochistan
== References == {{Reflist}}
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