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Baloch Women Forum exposes 20 extrajudicial killings by Pakistani forces i
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) published a comprehensive report detailing the extrajudicial killings of 20 Baloch youth in different regions of Balochistan during the first two weeks of June 2025. As per the forum, these murders were directly executed by state security forces or their affiliat
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Pakistan: Unmasking state-backed 'Death Squads' and institutional silence
Updated : 12 months ago IST
A string of brutal incidents in Pakistan's Balochistan province highlights the systematic targeting of Baloch journalists, students, and families by state-backed forces, with courts, media, and political parties remaining silent. Despite growing repression, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC
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Two Baloch men killed by state-backed death squads; rights groups call for
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Two Baloch civilians, Yasir and Musafir Baloch, were killed by state-backed death squads in Kech and Turbat, Balochistan. Rights groups condemn these extrajudicial killings and call for an international investigation to stop such violence and hold perpetrators accountable.
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Balochistan reports 181 enforced disappearances, 12 extrajudicial killings
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The group reported that Pakistani security forces, along with allied armed groups known locally as "death squads," carried out widespread abductions and enforced disappearances, primarily targeting students, activists, and civil society members. Many of these arrests were allegedly made with
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Balochistan sees protests amid rising cases of target killings, enforced d
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Several rallies are being organised across cities such as Naseerabad, Pasni and Quetta in Pakistan against the rise in extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances at the hands of Pakistani state backed death squads, according to Baloch Yakjehti Committee.
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Balochistan: Baloch Yakjehti Committee organises protests against surge in
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) organized protests in Gomazi Tump, Dalbandin, and Noshki on Sunday, condemning the surge in targeted killings of Baloch youth by state-backed death squads in Kech and other areas of Balochistan.
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Baloch human rights body decries killing of school-going student by Pakist
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Baloch human rights body Paank on Monday condemned the killing of a school-going student at the hands of members of Pakistan's military-backed death squads.
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Pakistan: Rights group list recent enforced disappearances as Balochistan
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
BYC, in a post on X, listed the recent disappearances and alleged that the families of victims were harassed at the hands of "security forces and state-sponsored death squads" and their family members were threatened and their phones were also taken away.
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Pakistan: BYC condemns actions of 'state-sponsored militias' against Baloc
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Leading Baloch human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned the firing opened by 'state-sponsored militias' which resulted in the injury of an individual who eventually succumbed to death. BYC also highlighted the plight of villagers who are suffering at the hands of 'state s
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Protests erupt in Balochistan; citizens call for justice amid rising terro
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid ongoing atrocities and lawlessness in Balochistan, a protest took place in Buleda as residents rallied for the immediate arrest of the killers of Fida Hussain, a security guard murdered by death squads during a bank robbery.
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Baloch activists say 'Death' squads have left Baloch mothers "helpless"
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch on Saturday highlighted that the state institutions and their backed death squads have rendered Baloch mothers forcibly "Helpless", as enforced disappearances, abduction and killings continue in the city.
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"State-Sponsored Death Squad" members hold armed pro-Pakistan rally in Tur
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Baloch protesters continued their sit-ins and protests for over 50 days, an armed rally took place on Saturday featuring masked individuals driving unregistered vehicles and waving vehicles, as reported by the Balochistan Post.
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