Prominent Baloch rights activist Karima Baloch who called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi her “brother” was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Toronto, Canada on Monday.
Karima, 37, had gone missing on December 20, as reported by police. Later in a statement, police said the activist has been “located” but refrained from giving any more detail.
Karima’s husband and brother identified the boy, as per media reports. She was a Baloch Students’ Organisation-Azad and found mention in the BBC’s list of 100 influential women in 2016. In the same year, she called PM Modi “brother” in a recorded video message on Rakshabandhan and asked for his support by becoming the voice of the Baloch movement. This was days after Modi raised the Balochistan issue in his Independence Day address.
She fled Pakistan in 2016 saying that she feared for her life due to threats from army and intelligence agencies.
She is the second Baloch activist to be found dead on foreign lands. Earlier, founder of the Balochistan Times Sajid Hussain was found dead in Sweden, weeks after he went missing.
“We appeal to you that, as our brother, you speak about the genocide and war crimes in Balochistan on international forums and become the voice of the sisters of Baloch,” she had said.
