{"id":65328,"date":"2021-01-01T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65328"},"modified":"2021-01-01T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T10:00:18","slug":"us-diplomat-robert-destro-condoles-death-of-activist-karima-baloch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=65328","title":{"rendered":"US diplomat Robert Destro condoles death of activist Karima Baloch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-65329 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/woman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/woman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/woman-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/woman-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/woman.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/>News Desk: Senior US Diplomat Robert A Destro on Monday condoled the death of activist Karima Baloch who was found dead in Canada last week under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cSaddened by the passing of activist Karima Baloch last week. She fiercely defended women\u2019s rights, campaigned for missing persons, and continued her human rights advocacy, even after leaving Pakistan. The world has lost a hero,\u201d said Destro, who is the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Karima Baloch\u2019s dead body was found in Ontario Lake Toronto harbour front last week under mysterious circumstances. The Toronto police on December 23 termed the death of Karima Baloch a \u201cnon-criminal death\u201d, but the family and friends are demanding a thorough investigation into the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Baloch had campaigned vigorously against the disappearances and human rights violations in the troubled Balochistan province of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Requesting the United Nations to intervene in the mysterious death of Baloch activist Karima Baloch in Toronto, Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) in a letter has said that Pakistan has \u201cresponded violently to the genuine demands of the Baloch people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Naseer Dashti, BHRC Executive President, wrote, \u201cHer family and political friends believe that Pakistani secret agencies are involved in the death of Karima Mehrab and have rejected the initial report of the Toronto police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTaking into consideration the track record of human rights violations by Pakistani secret services and the threat of many high-level military personalities including a former commander-in-chief of the Pakistani army, to eliminate those dissidents who have taken refuge in western countries, we are requesting that you should kindly take personal initiative to ask Canadian authorities for conducting a thorough investigation taking into account the context in which Karima Baloch had fled Pakistan,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk: Senior US Diplomat Robert A Destro on Monday condoled the death of activist Karima Baloch who was found dead in Canada last week under mysterious circumstances. \u201cSaddened by the passing of activist Karima Baloch last week. 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