India, May 3 -- The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced a mass public seminar to protest alleged enforced disappearances and state repression in Balochistan, saying the entire population is effectively living under siege.

"We are all prisoners," the committee declared, calling on citizens to mobilise against decades of alleged systemic violence and injustice.

The gathering is scheduled to take place on Sunday at 4.30 pm at Shaheed Fida Chowk, Turbat. Citizens from Turbat, Dasht, Gwadar, and surrounding areas have been urged to participate in large numbers to raise a united voice against continued injustices.

"Every day, we are losing our youth and companions, being thrown into dungeons and prison cells far from their homeland...