Fozia Baloch

Fozia Baloch is a woman human rights defender and a member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), whose members face serious reprisals by state authorities, including collective punishment against family members. She has spoken out publicly against violations in Balochistan, such as extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and custodial torture of Baloch persons by security forces and intelligence agencies. Fozia Baloch has faced reprisals for her human rights work, including threats to stop her work and the targeting of her family members.