[4][5][6][7][8] Her advocacy has drawn attention to enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses in Balochistan.
[10] She walked from Quetta to Islamabad in 2014, demanding the safe release of her father, Dr. Deen Muhammad, and other missing individuals.
[11] Since then, she has played a key role in the Baloch resistance movement, addressing issues such as enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and human rights violations in Balochistan by Pakistani institutions.
[12][13][14][15][16] Sammi Baloch has been honored with the Asia Pacific Human Rights Award for 2024, presented by Front Line Defenders.
According to Baluch, no specific reason was provided for the travel restriction, and is believed that she was stopped due to her human rights activism in Balochistan.