This week Just Asia begins with the killing of six Pakistani Shias in two cities under military control. In Quetta city, the capital of Balochistan, four women were shot dead in a bus on their way home on October 4. On the same evening, two Shias were killed returning from their mosque in the military controlled Wah Cantonment. The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the killings of Shia men and women during their mourning month of Muhharam.
Next, South Korea saw a court warrant issued on September 28 for an autopsy on Baek Nam-ki. A farmer who had been in a coma after being hit by police water cannon in 2015, Baek passed away on 25 September 2016. Baek’s family and concerned citizens are opposing calls for an autopsy, with protesters standing guard at the funeral home to prevent the police from taking Baek’s body. Some 30 000 farmers gathered for a memorial on October 1.