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China is exploiting its diplomatic channels to put pressurize on Gulf states including UAE to deport Baloch activists to Pakistan who it believes are opposing Chinese investment, media reports said. Diplomat citing Abdullah Abbas, information secretary of the independent Human Rights Council of Balochistan said that following an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi by Baloch separatist insurgents in 2018, the United Arab Emirates deported Rashid Hussain, a Baloch activist, to Pakistan. Before the deportation, they held him incommunicado for seven months. According to Abbas, it could be due to Chinese pressure. In February this year, Abdullah said another...
