Claim
In 2023, after the killing of young Baloch man Balach Mola Bakhsh, hundreds of thousands of Baloch marched — many covering 1,600 km to Islamabad — where Pakistani authorities targeted and beat them.
“आपको याद है जब एक युवा बलो व्यक्ति बलो मोला बख्श की हत्या कर दी गई थी ... सैकड़ों-हजारों बलूचियों ने पदयात्रा की और उनमें से कई लोगों ने 1,600 किलोमीटर की दूरी तय करके इस्लामाबाद तक का सफर तय किया। जब वे इस्लामाबाद पहुंचे, तो आपने उन्हें निशाना बनाया। तुमने उन्हें हरा दिया। ... यह 2023 की बात है।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The core facts check out for 2023: Balach Mola Bakhsh, a young Baloch man, was killed by Pakistani security forces in November 2023; this triggered the Baloch Long March, whose participants covered about 1,600 km from Balochistan (Kech/Turbat) to Islamabad, where police beat them with batons and used water cannons, tear gas and mass arrests. The only imprecision is scale — participants numbered in the thousands over the route rather than literally 'hundreds of thousands' — but the Hindi original ('सैकड़ों-हजारों') is an idiomatic 'very many,' so the substantive claim is accurate.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloch_Long_March Documents the March Against Baloch Genocide, triggered by the killing of Balach Mola Bakhsh; marchers travelled roughly 1,600 km from Kech/Turbat in Balochistan to Islamabad in December 2023. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/8/a-new-chapter-in-the-baloch-struggle-for-justice-in-pakistan Confirms Balach Mola Bakhsh, a 24-year-old Baloch man, was killed on 23 November 2023 by Pakistan's CTD after being in custody, sparking the march. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/12/pakistan-dispatch-violent-crackdown-on-peaceful-baloch-protesters-in-islamabad-highlights-ongoing-injustices-in-balochistan-region/ Reports the violent Islamabad crackdown: police used batons, water cannons and tear gas in freezing weather and arrested some 200-290 protesters, including women and children. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.voanews.com/a/baloch-activists-march-to-pakistani-capital-to-demand-end-to-extrajudicial-killings-/7406137.html Independent wire confirmation of the march to Islamabad against extrajudicial killings and the authorities' forceful response. ✓ reachable · archived