Tags : human rights violations
QUETTA: A protest rally in Balochistan’s industrial city, Hub Chowki, marked six years since the enforced disappearance of Baloch activist Rashid Hussain. Rashid was abducted in the UAE in 2018 and handed over to Pakistan without due legal process six months later. His whereabouts remain unknown. Despite petitions filed in various courts, including the Sindh, Balochistan, […]Read More
QUETTA: The families of Zaman Jan and Abdul Hassan staged a protest on the CPEC road at Hoshap-M8 on Monday, blocking traffic in both directions. The protest aims to demand the immediate recovery of their loved ones, who were forcibly disappeared over a week ago. The blockade has caused long queues of vehicles on both sides, […]Read More
By: Shari Kambar Bravery often begins with the influence of one’s father. My father, Wahid Qamber, has been the cornerstone of my strength and struggle. Though I was an average student, his encouragement kept me going and excelling in my filed. A deeply family-oriented man with strong values, he connected us to our roots. His […]Read More
QUETTA: After 27 days of continuous peaceful protests, student organisations in Balochistan have issued a three-day ultimatum to the provincial government and Bolan Medical College (BMC) administration to address their demands. If the demands are ignored, the protesters have announced plans to relocate their protest to the Red Zone, holding the government and administration responsible for […]Read More
QUETTA: The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) protest camp in Quetta has reached a significant milestone, completing 5,677 days of continuous peaceful demonstrations. The camp has now entered its 15th year of protesting against enforced disappearances and custodial killings in Balochistan. On Monday, political and social activists, including Zaheer Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Salahuddin, Hammal Baloch, […]Read More
QUETTA: The families of two forcibly disappeared Baloch youth, Zaman Jan and Abdul Hassan, have announced a sit-in protest on the CPEC Highway M-8, starting tomorrow, December 24. This decision comes after the expiration of a three-day deadline set by the families for their recovery, which yielded no results. According to the families, the incident occurred […]Read More
DOZZAAP (ZAHEDAN): A grenade explosion at a residential home in Mortan, a village in Rask County in Iranian Occupied Balochistan, led to the deaths of three Baloch citizens and left one other person injured. The incident occurred on the evening of Thursday, December 20, when a grenade, which had been part of the Iranian military’s […]Read More
The history of anti-Baloch cooperation between Iran and Pakistan is well-established. During the Baloch liberation movement in the 1970s, Iran supported Pakistan against the Baloch fighters. In 1974, the Pakistani army rounded up Baloch families—including women, children, and the elderly—and placed them in a temporary concentration camp in the Chamalang Valley, located in the Kohistan […]Read More
QUETTA: A rally was held in the central city of Turbat, Kech district, on Thursday 19 December, demanding the recovery of Ustaad Wahid Kambar, a prominent Baloch pro-freedom leader. The rally was organized by citizens, his family, and political activists to raise their voices against the ongoing issue of forced disappearances in Balochistan. A large […]Read More
DOZZAAP (ZAHEDAN): Mohammad Naeem Jamshidzehi, the head of Chadarg village in the Irandegan district of Khash County, was arrested by Iranian Intelligence Forces (Ettela’at) on Thursday, November 29, 2024. He has since been taken to an undisclosed location, and no further information is available regarding his whereabouts. Sources report that the Iranian Intelligence Forces raided […]Read More
