Tags : human rights violations
QUETTA: A series of Pakistani forces offensives lead to multiple enforced disappearances across in different regions of Balochistan. The latest wave of abduction has arrested after Pakistan’s Apex Committee led of PM and Army chief gave approval of “comprehensive military offensives” in Balochistan. The unwanted enforced disappearances has raised serious concerns among human rights organisations and families of the victims, who […]Read More
QUETTA: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) has issued a condemnation against the ongoing military aggression and occupation of Balochistan by Pakistan and Iran, saying that these two countries have been waging a decades-long campaign of violence against the Baloch people. In a statement released November 28, the FBM emphasised that the current military offensives in […]Read More
QUETTA: The family of Dil Jan Baloch and the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) held a seminar on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at the ongoing sit-in protest in Awaran for the recovery of Dil Jan Baloch, who has been forcibly disappeared since June 22, 2024. The family has been staging a sit-in for over a week, […]Read More
QUETTA: Pashtun and Baloch student organisations in Balochistan have established a protest camp in front of Bolan Medical College (BMC), protesting the ongoing closure of the college, police occupation of the hostels, and abuse of students. The protest camp, which began following the closure of the college and the raid on student hostels by the […]Read More
On November 26 the pro-freedom Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri, the President of the Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), issued a strong warning to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, urging him to reconsider his interest in investing in occupied Balochistan. In a recent social media post, Marri criticised Lukashenko’s potential support for the Pakistani regime, claiming it would […]Read More
QUETTA: Dr. Mahrang Baloch, the organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has condemned the filing of an unlawful FIR against her and several others following a peaceful seminar organised by the BYC in Turbat on 24 November. The seminar, which focused on the ongoing Baloch genocide and human rights violations, was peaceful and nonviolent. […]Read More
QUETTA: The Pakistan Frontier Corps and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) shot and killed a wounded 16-year-old student, nursing assistant at the Civil Hospital Turbat, on Tuesday evening. The victim has been named as Israr son of Rashid Baloch, had been working to support his family. According to a statement by BYC, the incident began with […]Read More
QUETTA: Mehlab Wahid Baloch, the daughter of senior Baloch pro-freedom leader Ustaad Wahid Kambar, has accused the state [Pakistan] of attempting to coerce her father into regretting his lifelong commitment to the Baloch cause. In a post on the social media platform X, Mehlab expressed concern over her father’s well-being, saying that he is being […]Read More
Author: Abdol Sattar Doshoki – Balochistan Studies Center, London On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Massoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s ninth president, travelled to the centre of Balochistan, the city of Zahedan, for his first provincial trip. He described it as “the cradle of unity in Iran” and specifically chose Balochistan for his inaugural visit to fulfil his […]Read More
DOZZAAP (ZAHEDAN): Maulana Fathi Muhammad Naqshbandi, the Imam of Friday prayers in Rask Iranian Occupied Balochistan (IoB), has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Special Clerical Court in Mashhad after spending 462 days in detention at Vakilabad Prison. His sentence was recently upheld by the Supreme Court of Iran. Maulana Naqshbandi, the […]Read More