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Kiyya Baloch
Kiyya Baloch, a freelance journalist, reports on the Baloch separatist insurgency, politics, militancy, and violence in Balochistan. He tweets at @KiyyaBaloch.
Kiyya Baloch is a freelance journalist and researcher from Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province. He covers ethnic Baloch arm groups and separatist insurgency, security, politics, enforced disappearances, and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an estimated $62 billion bundle of projects followed by rights abuses in his native Balochistan. He has reported and written for world-leading media outlets, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera online, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Jamestown Foundation, and others. He tweets at @KiyyaBaloch.
March 19, 2025
Why Won’t Baloch Civil Rights Groups Condemn the BLA?
By Kiyya Baloch
Rights activists like the BYC say that demands for such statements are an attempt to sidestep the real issues: years of political marginalization, human rights abuses, and economic neglect in Balochistan.
July 31, 2024
With Latest Crackdown on Protesters, Pakistan Continues to Make Its Balochistan Problem Worse
By Kiyya Baloch
By using force against a peaceful movement with large public support, the Pakistani government risks driving more Baloch youth toward a violent insurgency.
December 19, 2023
Women Are Leading an Unprecedented Protest Movement in Balochistan
By Kiyya Baloch
Baloch women have launched a march toward Pakistan’s capital to protest rights abuses and enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
October 02, 2023
Even Before the Latest Bombing, Mastung Was a Hotbed for Violent Insurgency
By Kiyya Baloch
There is a widespread belief in Balochistan that the authorities in Pakistan have deliberately allowed Islamic fundamentalism to flourish in the province in general – and in Mastung in particular.
August 15, 2023
What Does Pakistan’s New Caretaker Prime Minister Mean for Balochistan?
By Kiyya Baloch
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar is from the troubled province, but he has consistently supported giving the military free rein in Balochistan.
May 16, 2023
Is Pakistan’s Powerful Military on the Ropes?
By Kiyya Baloch
There is a powerful surge of public anger against the military's political interference. But Pakistan's civilian politicians are too caught up in their personal feuds to capitalize on the movement.
October 01, 2022
China Is Unnerved by Increasing Attacks on Chinese in Pakistan
By Kiyya Baloch
Ethnic separatists have recently launched a series of targeted attacks on Chinese citizens living in Pakistan, with the latest murder happening in Karachi on September 28.
September 25, 2022
Pakistan’s Floods Are a Man-Made Disaster
By Kiyya Baloch
It's not just climate change – corruption, bad governance, poor planning, and faulty water management are also to blame for the scale of the current disaster.
September 28, 2015
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Challenges
By Kiyya Baloch
One group is not happy about China’s big investment plans.
March 27, 2015
Chinese Operations in Balochistan Again Targeted by Militants
By Kiyya Baloch
A fleet of oil tankers is attacked, as local tensions flare over major development projects.
January 11, 2015
Border Violence and the Iran-Pakistan Gas Project
By Kiyya Baloch
Signs of forward movement on a critical gas pipeline could be derailed by border attacks.
December 17, 2014
Can China’s Gwadar Port Dream Survive Local Ire?
By Kiyya Baloch
China wants the Gwadar port, but impoverished locals have no interest in foreign meddling.
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