Quetta, Jan. 27 -- People across Balochistan and Baloch-populated regions observed January 25 with seminars, vigils and awareness campaigns to mark what the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) calls "Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day", The Balochistan Post reported.

According to the report, the day was dedicated to remembering victims of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and other alleged human rights abuses.

Events were held in multiple cities and towns, reflecting, organisers said, growing concern over the human rights situation in the region.

In Quetta, the provincial capital, a seminar organised by the BYC focused on the 2014 discovery of mass graves in Tootak, Khuzdar, an incident activists regard as a defining symbol of t...