Claim

In 2023, after the killing of the young Baloch man Balaach Mola Bakhsh, hundreds of thousands of Baloch marched — many walking 1,600 km to Islamabad — where Pakistani authorities targeted and beat them.

“जब एक युवा बलोच व्यक्ति बलो मोला बख्श की हत्या कर दी गई थी, तब सैकड़ों-हजारों बलोच लोगों ने मार्च किया था... कई लोग 1,600 किलोमीटर पैदल चलकर इस्लामाबाद तक गए थे। जब वे इस्लामाबाद पहुंचे, तो आपने उन्हें निशाना बनाया... यह 2023 की बात है”

Rationale

The claim's core facts are well documented: Balaach Mola Bakhsh, a young Baloch man, was killed in CTD custody on November 23, 2023; this triggered the women-led Baloch Long March that covered roughly 1,600 km from Turbat/Kech to Islamabad in December 2023; on arrival, Islamabad police met marchers with baton charges, water cannons, tear gas and mass arrests (200+ detained, including Mahrang Baloch), drawing condemnation from Amnesty International and other rights groups. The only soft spot is crowd size — the marching column itself numbered in the hundreds to low thousands, with thousands more joining rallies en route, so a strict 'hundreds of thousands' reading overstates scale (the Hindi 'सैकड़ों-हज़ारों' is ambiguous between 'hundreds and thousands' and 'hundreds of thousands'). This scale ambiguity slightly lowers confidence but does not change the substance of the claim.

Evidence

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloch_Long_March Documents the Baloch Long March (March Against Baloch Genocide), begun December 6, 2023 after the November 23, 2023 custodial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh by Pakistan's CTD in Turbat; marchers covered roughly 1,600 km from Kech district to Islamabad. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://tribune.com.pk/story/2450721/police-baton-charge-arrest-baloch-long-march-protesters-in-islamabad Pakistani daily The Express Tribune reports Islamabad police used baton charges and water cannons on the Baloch long march protesters and arrested at least 200, including organizer Mahrang Baloch, in December 2023. ✗ unreachable
• https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/8/a-new-chapter-in-the-baloch-struggle-for-justice-in-pakistan Confirms Balaach Mola Bakhsh, 24, was killed on November 23, 2023 while in CTD custody after being forcibly disappeared, and that his killing sparked the protest movement and march to Islamabad. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.voanews.com/a/baloch-activists-march-to-pakistani-capital-to-demand-end-to-extrajudicial-killings-/7406137.html VOA reports the activists marched about 1,600 km to Islamabad demanding an end to extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. ✓ reachable · archived
• https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/pakistan-calling-immediate-release-dr-mahrang-baloch-and-end-crackdown-baloch-human Human rights organization documents the crackdown on Baloch protesters and detention of Mahrang Baloch by Pakistani authorities. ✓ reachable · archived