Tags : enforced disappearances

Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) Appeals for Release for

QUETTA: The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) reports that Haibat Khan Smalani and Nooruddin Smalani son of Zareef Khan, employees of Mir Coal Company, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces on October 17. This incident occurred while they were returning from Jinnah Road Quetta after collecting their wages when they were taken into custody […]Read More

23 Years of Silence: The Family of Ali Asghar Bangulzai

QUETTA: The plight of Ali Asghar Bangulzai, a tailor by profession, remains unresolved 23 years after he was forcibly disappeared from Saryab Road in Quetta near Degree College on October 18, 2001. His family continues to seek answers and justice, urging international and national human rights organisations to raise their voices for his recovery. Ali […]Read More

Balochistan: Alarming Surge in Enforced Disappearances in

QUETTA/KARACHI: The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) reports that Pakistani forces have abducted at least 25 individuals from Dera Bugti over the past three days during ongoing military offensives. Among the abducted are Levies Risaldar (Head of Levies forces) and his two brothers, as well as doctors, students, and farmers. According to details, the Pakistani forces, […]Read More

Pakistan Forces Abduct Baloch Youth from Turbat and Karachi

QUETTA: In an escalation of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, recent reports detail multiple incidents involving young men detained by Pakistani forces across Balochistan and Karachi. On October 13, three individuals Attaullah son of Noor Bakhsh, Yasir Baloch son of Hamidullah, and Bilal Imam son of Imam Bakhsh were forcibly disappeared during an offensive in Turbat […]Read More

Family of Abducted Baloch Youth Appeals for Justice as Violence

QUETTA: In a press conference held today, the family of Junaid Hamid, a 28-year-old employee of Otsuka Pakistan Limited, shared their distressing experience following his abduction on the night of October 8. They called for immediate action from both the government and human rights organisations. According to the family, Junaid left home around 10 PM. […]Read More

Four Baloch Students Abducted from Punjab and Three Youths Whisked

QUETTA: In a late-night raid on Thursday, Pakistani forces forcibly took four students from Balochistan into custody from a hostel in Lahore, subsequently transferring them to an unknown location. The Baloch Council Punjab identified the students as Ikram Mengal, a fourth-semester student at Punjab University, and Shamraiz Badini, a law student at Superior University Lahore. […]Read More

Balochistan: Pakistani Forces Abduct Two Youth From Hub Chowki

QUETTA: Pakistani intelligence agencies have forcibly disappeared two young men from a hotel in the industrial city of Hub Chowki on Tuesday night. Witnesses say that armed forces apprehended the individuals late at night near the Hub Bhawani Shah pump, forcibly loading them into a vehicle at gunpoint. The two young men have been identified […]Read More

Free Balochistan Movement Activists Hold Awareness Campaign in Scotland

GLASGOW — Activists from the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) conducted an awareness campaign in Scotland on October 1, 2024, marking two years since the Bloody Friday incident in Zahedan, the capital of Iranian-occupied Balochistan. The event aimed to inform the public about this tragedy and the broader historical context of Balochistan. During the campaign, FBM […]Read More

Balochistan: Protests Against Enforced Disappearances Continue

QUETTA: Protests and sit-ins demanding the recovery of enforced disappearance are taking place in Pasni, Kharan, and Panjgur. In Pasni, residents have staged a sit-in near Zero Point to protest the enforced disappearances of locals Dur Muhammad Shafqat and Abdul Salam Baqi. The protesters, comprised of relatives and community members, have blocked the highway, causing […]Read More

Protest Continues in Kharaan as Families Demand Recovery of Loved

QUETTA: The families of Amanullah Muhammad Hasni, a local trader from Kharaan, and Aminullah, Irshad Ahmad, and Dawood from Kalli Jungle, who were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces (CTD) on September 27, are in their third day of protest at Kharaan’s Red Zone. A complete shutter-down strike was observed in the market as demonstrators gathered […]Read More