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bringing you the final episode of The Kill List from our friends at the CBC.

Since activist Karima Beluch's mysterious death in 2020,

her family has been searching for answers, and so has journalist Mary Link.

The documents Mary gets and the people she talks to will lead her closer to the truth of what

happened that day, but is the truth enough closure for a family?

For the people Karima was fighting for back home in Beluchistan, or for other dissidents like her in exile or hiding across the globe. Just a note before we get started, this

episode contains difficult subject matter including references to suicide. If you or someone you know might be considering

suicide or are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline.

Okay, here is Mary Link with episode'm on the phone with my producer Al Alina Gosh, she's in Toronto, I'm on the

East Coast of Canada. Midway through our conversation, Alina asks if I would mind turning

on my tape recorder.

So I'm just going to record you on the phone here.

We've been talking about new information I just received about Karima's last days.

Um, I... about Karima's last days. I feel self-conscious of it right now talking about this.

No, no, and it's again, we're not going to, it's not like we have to use any of this,. It's just but I think it's important to just

have a record of what you were feeling in this moment.

No, no, I agree.

I just couldn't sleep last night. I just laid in bed thinking about her.

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