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Police Clash with Protesters: Baloch Rights Leader Arrested

3/23/2025

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On March 22, 2025, tensions in Quetta erupted as Pakistani police stormed a sit-in protest, arresting Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights leader. This clash followed a brutal crackdown that claimed three lives, igniting fierce accusations of excessive force from activists against state authorities, who counter that the protesters provoked the violence. The atmosphere remains charged and uncertain.

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On March 22, 2025, tensions in Quetta erupted as Pakistani police stormed a sit-in protest, arresting Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights leader. This clash followed a brutal crackdown that claimed three lives, igniting fierce accusations of excessive force from activists against state authorities, who counter that the protesters provoked the violence. The atmosphere remains charged and uncertain.