{"id":41410,"date":"2023-12-29T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistani-celebs-express-solidarity-with-baloch-protesters-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T17:19:06","slug":"pakistani-celebs-express-solidarity-with-baloch-protesters-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistani-celebs-express-solidarity-with-baloch-protesters-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani celebs express solidarity with Baloch protesters | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Images of baton-charging and arrest of Baloch protesters prompted a wave of outrage after Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) launched a long march from Turbat to the provincial capital against the officials of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) allegedly responsible for the extrajudicial killing of Balach Baloch.<\/p>\n

After videos circulated by Baloch activists including Mahrang Baloch, a prominent member of the BYC, Islamabad police’s use of force to disperse and detain the demonstrators has drawn widespread condemnation from human rights organisations to celebrities. Joona <\/em>singer Hasan Raheem took to microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) with a series of posts to express his solidarity with Baloch protesters demanding justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI plead with you to stand with the Baloch people and raise your voices together,\u201d wrote Hasan in one post while in another the artist praised Mahrang, stating, \u201cGood morning to Mahrang Baloch only. Real hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I plead you to stand with the balochi people and raise your voice together<\/p>\n

\u2014 hasan raheem (@hasanraheeem) December 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In his recent post on X, the Wishes <\/em>singer penned, \u201cOur Baloch brothers and sisters need our support and empathy in this hour or else tomorrow this will be your voice and there will be no one to listen.\u201d Fashion designer and actor Deepak Perwani also amplified the Baloch protests against the issue of missing persons, resharing videos with the hashtag \u2018Baloch Genocide\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Good morning to Mahrang Baloch only. Asli hero<\/p>\n

\u2014 hasan raheem (@hasanraheeem) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Hamarey Baloch bhai aur behnon ko is wakht hamarey saath aur hamdardi ki zarurat hai, warna kal ko ye awaaz apki hosakti hai aur koi sunna wala nai hoga.<\/p>\n

\u2014 hasan raheem (@hasanraheeem) December 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In response to police aggression against protesters, Deepak remarked, \u201cUnbelievable visuals this is what we are doing to our own people.\u201d \u201cPakistan fix this, you are only strong with your own people,\u201d implored the celeb in another post. Commenting on the many women and children facing the brunt of police brutality, actor and activist Armeena Khan compared the emerging visuals with that of Palestinian genocide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s absolutely disgusting! Women and children are not targets. Isn\u2019t this what we keep telling Izziland (Israel)?\u201d Armeena posed the question. Joining the horde of supporters, actor-comedian Osman Khalid Butt divulged how social exclusion in the national capital has increasingly become a common experience. \u201cEach time I come to Islamabad, I feel increasingly isolated and abandoned – as if I am an alien, a terrorist, or an immigrant in my own country,\u201d he responded in a quote reply to an X post on Baloch protests.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Each time I come to Islamabad [..] I feel increasingly isolated and abandoned – as if I am an alien, a terrorist, or an immigrant in my own country.\u2019<\/p>\n

Please read this: https:\/\/t.co\/BZjtxDCX3H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Osman Khalid Butt \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@aClockworkObi) December 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

On Wednesday, BYC announced that people in Balochistan will stage demonstrations and strikes to protest against authorities’ highhandedness. \u201cWe doubt the government’s sincerity as its negotiation team, assigned by the premier for talks, has not reached out to us in the last two days,\u201d stated a protest leader.<\/p>\n

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