Tags : human rights violations

Shutter down strike in Quetta, Long March next stop Kohlu

QUETTA: A shutter down strike was observed in Quetta on Thursday at the request of the organiser of ‘March Against Baloch Genocide’. The business community has heeded the call and a peaceful shutter was seen throughout the day. Meanwhile, the March against the Baloch Genocide has departed from Quetta – the capital of Balochistan for […]Read More

March Against Baloch Genocide reaches Quetta

QUETTA: The Long March against Baloch genocide reached Quetta city on Saturday evening and organisers on Sunday vowed to continue their peaceful sit-in and agitation against state brutalities. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee in a statement to the media said that thousands of people have joined the ‘historic rally’ in Quetta to express their support with […]Read More

FBM to protest in Germany and the UK on Human

LONDON: The Free Balochistan Movement has announced protests in Germany and the UK on 9 and 10 December to mark ‘International Human Rights Day’. The FBM in a statement to the media said that its UK and German Branch will protest against Iran and Pakistan’s atrocities in Balochistan on the occasion of International Human Rights […]Read More

Balochistan: Turbat sit-in to be shifted to Quetta amid growing

QUETTA: The organisers of the Turbat sit-in protest have announced to shift their strike to Quetta amid growing state atrocities, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and killing of previously disappeared Baloch in fake encounters. Two Baloch youths were arrested and disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan’s Awaran region on Friday night 1 December 2023. According to […]Read More

Executions of Baloch prisoners: Iran hanged 138 in 10 months

DOZZAP (Zahedan): Iran has recently accelerated the execution of Baloch prisoners including those involved in political activism. Three Baloch prisoners were hanged in Zahedan central jail on the dawn of Saturday 11 November, 2023. According to the details, three prisoners, including one Baloch political prisoner, were hanged in Zahedan, the capital city of Iranian-occupied Balochistan, […]Read More

Pakistan CTD police killed three previously abducted Baloch

QUETTA: The Pakistani police’s Counter Terrorism Department has claimed to have killed at least three ‘terrorists’ in an intelligence-based operation in Khuzdar, Balochistan on Wednesday. The dead bodies of three victims of the Khuzdar incident were shifted to the Teaching Hospital in Khuzdar District, Balochistan. According to Humgaam News, the dead bodies brought to the […]Read More

A Surge in Executions of Baloch in Iran

By Shoaib Baloch The latest Iranian regime’s systematic surge in executions of non-Persians, particularly Balochs and Kurds, is a flagrant violation of human rights. This practice has been ongoing since the Islamic regime came to power in Iran, but it also existed during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. The regime’s security agencies carry […]Read More

Balochistan: Mahal Baloch remanded another ten days in custody

QUETTA: Pakistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) presented Mahal Baloch to the Sessions Court Balochistan on Friday and asked for more time for interrogation. The court approved the remand of Mahal Baloch for another ten days and handed her over to the CTD. Last month Mahal Baloch was abducted by the forces in a raid at […]Read More