India, March 24 -- Amnesty International has urged Pakistani authorities to release Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch and all others who were detained for exercising their right to peaceful protest.

Amnesty International, South Asia, Regional Office, wrote on X: "More than 38 hours since Mahrang Baloch's unlawful detention, she is still being denied access to her lawyers and family. There are also worrying reports of continued arbitrary arrests and detentions across Balochistan province."

"Pakistani authorities must immediately release Mahrang Baloch and all others being detained for exercising their right to peaceful protest, and refrain from implicating Baloch activists in frivolous cases to unlawfully prolong their detention," the X pos...