Article 5BZ1H Karima Baloch, Pakistani human rights activist, found dead in Canada

Karima Baloch, Pakistani human rights activist, found dead in Canada

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Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Pet
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Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in Toronto

A dissident Pakistani human rights activist living in exile in Canada has been found dead in Toronto after going missing.

Karima Baloch, 37, was granted asylum in Canada in 2016 after her work as a human rights activist in the troubled Pakistan state of Balochistan had led to her being followed and threatened by the authorities.

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