Mandate holders expressed concerns at the alleged arbitrary travel restrictions imposed against Ms. Baloch that prevented her engagement with the Working Group, which had been reported as an act of intimidation and reprisal for her international advocacy, including her engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan. They further noted that the travel prohibition against Ms. Sammi Deen Baloch creates a chilling effect in society, whereby individuals working for the rights of victims of human rights violations are dissuaded from doing so out of fear of reprisals. 89. On 26 March 2025, mandate holders issued a press release mentioning that two days earlier, Ms. Sammi Deen Baloch had been arrested alongside other human rights defenders by the Karachi Police as they protested police violence against the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a network advocating for the rights of the minority Baloch community. Her detention was allegedly ordered for 30 days under the Sindh Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO). Mandate holders called for the immediate release of. Ms. Saami Deen Baloch and other activists, including human rights defender Ms. Mahrang Baloch, leader of BYC. In a 26 March press release replying to the statement of mandate holders, the government alleged that “these elements are not mere protesters but active participants in a broader campaign of lawlessness and violence (...), operating in collusion with terrorists.” 90. On 29 April 2025, mandate holders publicly stated that Pakistan appears to conflate legitimate human and minority rights advocacy and public demonstrations with terrorism, threatening freedoms of expression, assembly, and association. They expressed concern at the detention of BYC leaders and their supporters and actions against their family members and lawyers, noting these may amount to reprisals for their interaction with United Nations mechanisms.