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Hey I'm Kelly McEvers and this is embedded from NPR

and we are back with another episode of The Kill List from our friends at the CBC.

We're going to take a look at what activist Karima Baluch was fighting for and why, and learn about the intense history of the Baluch people and the

state of Pakistan. Also the story of what happens to dissidents who disappear and then come back alive.

And just a note before we get started, this episode contains difficult subject matter,

including descriptions of violence and torture.

Here is Mary Link with episode 5, Living Ghosts. In the days following the discovery of Karima's body in the frigid waters of Toronto Islands,

protesters took to the streets of towns and cities throughout Baluchistan and also in Karachi,

Pakistan's largest city. We are, justice, justice,

Kari more,

K K Holding

handmade signs,

one reads,

Mr. Justin Trudeau,

Bouluch demand a thorough investigation.

Another, you can't kill an ideology.

Yes, we love.

And then a powerful rallying cry.

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