Balochistan is preparing for the Baloch National Gathering on July 28, a widespread demonstration across Balochistan and the rest of Pakistan aimed at protesting the Baloch genocide and the exploitation of natural resources by Pakistan and China.
The Pakistani forces have allegedly detained 54 individuals across 12 districts of Balochistan, Pakistan in June, raising concerns about the surge in cases of enforced disappearances, according to a report.
Mahrang pointed out additional forms of genocide besides direct killings and disappearances, such as deaths resulting from road accidents, illnesses like cancer worsened by the state's negligence, and the continuation of drug-related issues among Baloch youth
According to PAANK, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, a Baloch rights organisation from Pakistan, Zaheer was forcibly abducted by men belonging to the Pakistani forces on June 27 this year.
The leaders and activists of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) are holding meetings with diplomats, international organisations, and academics in Geneva to intensify advocacy for the Baloch cause on the international stage against rights violations by Pakistan.
The German chapter of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) organised a protest on Wednesday in Cologne, Germany to raise awareness over the human rights violations in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has raised alarms over Pakistan's recent "Azm-e-Istehkam Operation," warning that it will escalate violence, including forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, condemned activist Naveed Baloch's extrajudicial killing in a post on social media platform X.
The BNM statement claims that Pakistan did not take adequate measures during the 1998 nuclear tests in Chaghi mountain of Balochistan to prevent radiation exposure to nearby areas.
The report paints a grim picture of the atrocities faced by the Baloch community, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, horrific road accidents, and false terrorist accusations against individuals who have vanished under mysterious circumstances.
The Baloch National Movement held a protest in Germany and the Netherlands against Pakistan's nuclear tests in Balochistan in 1998, a statement by the BNM said on Wednesday.