Balochistan, March 28 -- As Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) continues to report the arrest of Baloch activists, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, Babu Ram Pant, has said that Pakistani authorities' crackdown on Baloch activists and continued detention of protesters and Baloch activists, including Sammi Deen Baloch and Mahrang Baloch, demonstrates a "systematic attack" on the rights of the Baloch community.

Pant called on Pakistani authorities to release all Baloch activists detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression and reiterated its call for a "prompt, thorough and impartial investigation" into the use of unlawful force during the peaceful protests held on March 21.

He called the crack...