Tags : Pakistan

Balochistan: VBMP Leader Highlights State Repression Against Baloch People

Faiz Baluch 15th January 2025

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

Balochistan: Preparations Underway for Raaji Muchi in Dalbandin

Faiz Baluch 15th January 2025

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

Balochistan: 5 Released, 4 Presented in Court, Protests Continue as

Faiz Baluch 15th January 2025

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

Balochistan: BYC Condemns Brutal Murder of Ittifaq Manzoor by Pakistani

Faiz Baluch 13th January 2025

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

Balochistan: Sit-in Vigil continue against Zehri Abductions and Killing

Faiz Baluch 13th January 2025

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

Balochistan: Families of Missing Persons Hold Protest Rally in Hub

Faiz Baluch 13th January 2025

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

Obstacles to Development in Balochistan

Faiz Baluch 11th January 2025

Advocate Sadiq Raisani I read a statement by Dr. Malik Baloch, the leader of the National Party, claiming that tribal systems are obstacles to development in Balochistan. This perspective echoes an old mantra used by occupying states and their cronies, one that has largely lost its relevance. I will attempt to explain some aspects of […]Read More

Balochistan: BLA Takes Responsibility for Multiple Attacks on State Operatives

Faiz Baluch 11th January 2025

QUETTA: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks targeting the hideouts of state operatives in the Kharan and Harnai districts of Balochistan. In a statement released on January 9, the BLA’s spokesperson Azad Baloch, detailed two bombings in Kharan. The first, which occurred on the night of January […]Read More

Balochistan: Families of Enforced Disappeared Persons Continue Protests

Faiz Baluch 11th January 2025

QUETTA: Families of enforced disappeared persons in Balochistan have held press conferences at protest camps set up at Shaheed Fida Chowk in Turbat, Hub Chowki, and Kharan, demanding the immediate recovery of their loved ones and highlighting ongoing human rights violations in the region. The protesters stated that extrajudicial abductions and disappearances of Baloch youth […]Read More

Balochistan: Families Protest Against Forced Disappearances and Police Inaction

Faiz Baluch 8th January 2025

QUETTA: Women from the families of Farooq Ishaq and Sherjan Ishaq, who were forcibly disappeared from Apsar Bande Bazaar on January 7, 2025, held a protest rally on Wednesday. The protestors, raising slogans, marched to the Turbat Press Club, where they highlighted the enforced disappearances of Farooq, Sherjan, and Shams Baloch. They also criticized the […]Read More