Quetta ATC sends Mahrang Baloch, BYC leaders on judicial remand
Mahrang Baloch leaving ATC Quetta Photo: X
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta denied the police further physical remand of Baloch Yakjeti Committee chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other BYC members on Friday, sending the political prisoners on judicial remand instead.
The case was heard by ATC Judge Muhammad Ali Mubeen in Quetta. The BYC leaders were arrested on March 22, on allegations of "attacking" the Quetta Civil Hospital and "inciting people to violence".
For the first time in six months, BYC leaders, including Dr. Mahrang Baloch, were handed judicial remand instead of being sent back into repeated cycles of police custody.
Arrested on 22 March 2025 in Quetta after protests over enforced disappearances, they have since spent half… pic.twitter.com/yVtyX5s5MARead: Mahrang's physical remand extended
The women have spent the past half a year in detention, with their physical remand repeatedly extended.
The last hearing of the case was on September 12, when physical remand of Mahrang Baloch and fellow organisers of the BYC was extended.