Rights group chief claims 18,000 'missing' in Balochistan

November 22, 2013 21:38

The head of a rights group working for the Baloch people today alleged that around 18,000 people had been detained without charge by security agencies in the troubled Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan.

Voice of Baluch Missing Persons chief Mama Qadeer made the allegation as he led dozens of protesters, including relatives of the "missing persons" into Karachi after a 27-day march from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.

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