QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced that it would observe 'Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day' on January 25. The human rights organisation also urged the Baloch community across the world to hold protests, seminars, press briefings, video messages, panel discussions, participate in TV programmes, podcasts, webinars, cultural and artistic events to mark the day.
In a statement released on X, BYC stated that programmes will be held across Balochistan and around the world on January 25 to mark Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day. It alleged that Baloch people's genocide began from the very first day they were targetted due to their identity.
The rights group stated, "Genocide is not limited to direct mass killings alone. It can also be a slow, systematic, and silent process in which a people's identity, existence, and way of life are gradually erased. When a nation is targetted because of who they are, they are not only killed through executions and enforced disappearances, but also through deliberate neglect, disease, unsafe living conditions, economic deprivation, and psychological terror."