Exiled Baloch journalist who wrote about human rights violations by Pakistan found dead

Baloch journalist Sajid Hussain who fled from Pakistan to Sweden has been found de on May 1. He h gone missing from city of Uppsala since March 2 after which a formal case was filed with Swedish police on March 3. 

According to press freedom charity Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Hussain was last seen boarding a train in Stockholm on his way to city of Uppsala on March 2. RSF said quoting police that Hussain was to collect keys to a new flat but he did not get off train in Uppsala.  charity asserted it was possible that he h been abducted "at behest of a Pakistani intelligence agency".

As per media reports, his family and friends said he was in process of bringing his wife and two children to join him in Sweden and h been due to start a post-gruate degree at University of Uppsala.

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Hussain's controversial work exposing Pakistan authorities

Prior to seeking refuge in Sweden, Hussain was editor-in-chief of an online news website. He h documented gross human rights violations by Pakistan in strife-torn region of Balochistan and h been reporting about forced disappearances of Balochis by Pakistani Military. Owing to his reports against Pakistani violations,  police h raided his house and interrogated his family on numerous occasions. He h also received death threats.

He left Pakistan in 2012 and h been living as a refugee in Sweden since 2017, according to a release by Balochistan Times. Prior to Sweden, he h lived in United Arab Emirates, Oman and Uganda.

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Hussain's wife, Shehnaz raised apprehensions that before fleeing for Sweden, her husband h sensed he was being followed. Also while writing about forced disappearances, he was said to have exposed a drug kingpin in Pakistan.

"n some people broke into his house in Quetta when he was out investigating a story. y took away his laptop and or papers too. After that he left Pakistan in September 2012 and never came back," Shehnaz h been quoted as saying in report.

Pakistan is considered one of most dangerous countries in world for journalists, who are regularly harassed and killed. According to 2019 RSF press freedom index, Pakistan ranked 142 out of 180 countries.