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Pakistan criticised over rising enforced disappearances after teen abducte
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A 17-year-old boy was reportedly abducted by unidentified men in Balochistan's Panjgur district last week, marking yet another disturbing episode in the province's long-running crisis of enforced disappearances, the incident coincided with the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) protest
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Levies officer among two reportedly detained by security forces in Balochi
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Two men, including a Levies officer, were arrested in Balochistan's Kolwah and Kharan districts, with their whereabouts unknown. Separately, attackers abducted 18 labourers and set fire to vehicles in Khuzdar. The province faces a severe human rights crisis, with enforced disappearances and
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Pakistan: Gunmen abduct 18 labourers in Khuzdar
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Armed assailants attacked a construction company's camp in Balochistan's Khuzdar district in Pakistan, abducting 18 labourers and torching several vehicles and pieces of heavy machinery, The Express Tribune reported on Saturday.
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Bangladesh army officers seek bail after tribunal appearance
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Bangladesh's ICT ordered 15 serving army officers jailed over enforced disappearances during Sheikh Hasina's tenure. The officers denied the charges. Earlier, the tribunal issued arrest warrants against 30 accused, including Hasina and her adviser, in two cases involving abduction, detention
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Belgian Court finds offences extraditable, dismisses Mehul Choksi's claims
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Antwerp Court of Appeal has found that the offences attributed to fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi are extraditable under both Indian and Belgian law, paving the way for his return to India to face trial in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.
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Pakistan's enforced disappearance machine targets Baloch youth again
Updated : 5 months ago IST
A young man, Adnan Rind, was forcibly abducted for the second time in Mastung, Balochistan, by Pakistani security forces, with his whereabouts unknown. Despite some recent releases of missing persons, enforced disappearances remain widespread, leaving locals fearful and justice elusive, acco
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Assam Rifles rescues two labourers abducted by NSCN-K (Rebel) cadres in Ar
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to an official release, the incident occurred when armed cadres of NSCN-K (Rebel) abducted two labourers from a construction site at Laho village on October 18. Acting on specific intelligence, Assam Rifles columns were swiftly mobilised and launched a coordinated search and res
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EU slams China's tyranny, demands immediate release of abducted Swedish pu
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
he European Parliament has issued a strong rebuke against China, demanding the immediate release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, ten years after he was abducted in Thailand and later imprisoned in China.
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Tripura: Infant found murdered in Panisagar; neighbour arrested
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A 14-month-old girl who had come from Silchar to visit her maternal uncle's home was found dead at Panisagar in North Tripura on Sunday after being reportedly taken from the house by a neighbour who had promised to feed her, said the police.
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Pakistan's disappearing Baloch: Another youth abducted as enforced disappe
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The ongoing sit-in organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) reached its 5,962nd day outside the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday, coinciding with a new report of enforced disappearance involving a young man, Saqib Ahmed Buzdar, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan: Abductions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reveal crumbling state control
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Dawn, the two teachers were abducted from Government High School Zindi Musa Khan in the Mandati Naika Zyarat area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Hoid police station. District Police Officer (DPO) Saleem Abbas Kulachi informed that the region has remained under consis
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Baloch families condemn Pakistan's ongoing campaign of enforced disappeara
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
These cases highlight the persistence of the unresolved crisis of abductions in the province, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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