Tags : enforced disappearances
QUETTA: Protests have continued to spread across Balochistan following the launch of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee’s (BYC) “Defence of Baloch Values” campaign. The movement, sparked by recent crackdowns on Baloch activists, aims to raise awareness about the protection of Baloch cultural and social values while advocating for the restoration of Baloch rights. In Hub Chowki […]Read More
QUETTA: A series of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and Karachi have raised alarm over the increasing repression by Pakistani forces. The incidents, which have taken place over the course of several days in January 2025, highlight a troubling pattern of extrajudicial arrests and abductions. On January 18, 2025, Zubair Ahmed, a Dubai-based labourer visiting family […]Read More
Elderly Baloch Man Threatened by Pakistani Forces for Protesting Son’s Forced Disappearance QUETTA: An elderly Baloch man, Basham Baloch, has been issued a chilling warning by Pakistani security forces, threatening him to cease his protests demanding the return of his son, who has been forcibly disappeared for the past nine years. The forces threatened that […]Read More
QUETTA: The ongoing forced disappearances of Baloch youth by Pakistani security forces have reached alarming levels, with dozens of innocent individuals abducted daily. The Baloch community is living in a state of extreme terror and lawlessness, compounded by frequent discoveries of mutilated bodies and a surge in targeted killings. These disappearances continue to escalate, sparking […]Read More
QUETTA: Mama Qadeer Baloch, a prominent Baloch human rights activist and Vice chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, has condemned the ongoing state repression in Balochistan, describing how victims of enforced disappearances are being killed in bomb explosions after being forcibly abducted. He also criticized the government’s response to attacks in Zehri, asserting that […]Read More
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has announced that the second “Baloch Raaji Muchi,” a public gathering aimed at commemorating the Baloch Genocide, will take place on 25 January 2025 in Dalbandin, Balochistan. The BYC has also declared this date as the “Baloch Genocide Remembrance Day,” urging the Baloch nation to unite and observe the […]Read More
Four More Forcibly Disappeared from Kohlu QUETTA – The enforced disappearance of 12 Baloch youths in the Zhari tehsil of Khuzdar district sparked widespread protests, with families demanding the immediate release of their loved ones. Following the initial protests, negotiations between demonstrators and authorities resulted in the release of 5 detained individuals. However, the release […]Read More
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has issued a strong condemnation following the death of Ittifaq Manzoor, a victim of enforced disappearance, in as a staged bomb blast by Pakistani forces in Turbat. The BYC has called the killing a calculated and heinous act, highlighting it as a chilling continuation of the state’s ongoing campaign […]Read More
QUETTA: Protests in Zehri and surrounding areas have escalated in response to the enforced disappearances of 12 individuals and the extrajudicial killing of a young man during recent military offensives in Khuzdar. The residents of Zahri and relatives of the abducted men have organised multiple protest sit-ins, which have spread to key locations including Zehri […]Read More
QUETTA: A three-day hunger strike camp organised by the families of missing persons came to an end today in Hub Chowki, a key industrial city in Balochistan. The camp, aimed at raising awareness about the forced disappearances of two brothers, Junaid Hamid and Yasir Hamid, culminated in a protest rally that began at Hub Press […]Read More
