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Pakistan intensifies repression: Enforced disappearances surge across Balo
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, security forces carried out a series of raids in Zehri, located in Khuzdar district, where several civilians were detained during violent operations. Witnesses said the campaign, which began in late September, involved indiscriminate firing and the assault
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Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on N
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former PM Sheikh Hasina is facing trial for crimes against humanity for allegedly being part of torturing multiple people and orchestrating disappearances during the Awami League regime. Hasina was forced to flee after the student-led uprising in August 2024 ousted her. Afterwards, Nobel lau
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Bangladesh army officers seek bail after tribunal appearance
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks 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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Pakistan's enforced disappearance machine targets Baloch youth again
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks 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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Pakistan slammed as enforced disappearances escalate in Balochistan once a
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, a tenth-grade student identified as Abdullah, son of Baian, was allegedly detained by security personnel from his home in the Tajaban area of Tump, Kech district.
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Pakistan's war on dissent: BYC leaders' imprisonment lays bare state bruta
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, Sabiha stated that the only "crime" committed by Mahrang Baloch and her colleagues was peacefully protesting against enforced disappearances and systemic violence in Balochistan. She added that their arrests were part of a deliberate attempt by the Pakistan
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Balochistan's agony deepens as another youth goes missing under Pakistani
Updated : 5 months ago IST
In yet another chilling reminder of Pakistan's continued repression in Balochistan, a young man named Ashfaq Mushtaq has reportedly been abducted by Pakistani forces, the latest victim in a long series of enforced disappearances haunting the region.
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Bangladesh takes 15 serving and former army officers into military custody
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Fifteen of the army officers against whom arrest warrants have been issued for alleged involvement in "disappearances and crimes against humanity" during Sheikh Hasina's tenure have been taken into military custody.
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Disappearances persist in Balochistan as families continue their search fo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan continue to rise, with two new incidents reported this week amid ongoing demonstrations and awareness drives by families seeking the safe return of their missing relatives, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan's disappearing Baloch: Another youth abducted as enforced disappe
Updated : 5 months, 1 week 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's war on its own people: Four disappeared men found executed in B
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The discovery of four bodies across Balochistan this week has reignited outrage over the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the province. Families and rights groups have blamed Pakistani security forces and state-backed militias for what they describe as s
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Pakistan: 113 enforced disappearance cases disposed of in September
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances disposed of 113 cases in September, with 14 people returning home, Dawn reported. Since 2011, it has received 10,636 cases, resolving 84 per cent. Civil society, UN and the Supreme Court have urged stronger action to end enforced di
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