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Human rights body flags deepening threats to democracy, and vulnerable com
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
HRCP warned that Pakistan faces rising threats to democracy, rights, and safety. It raised concerns over constitutional changes, security crackdowns, enforced disappearances, refugee deportations, minority persecution, child marriage, and climate displacement, urging urgent reforms and accou
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Jailed BYC leader Mahrang Baloch urges youth to carry forward national mov
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, jailed BYC leader, urged Baloch youth to stay committed to their national movement, fight oppression with education and discipline, reject fear, and uphold truth, justice, and identity, while highlighting the deep suffering caused by enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
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BASC raises alarm over abduction of minor girl in hub, calls enforced disa
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The organisation noted that this incident comes months after the disappearance of 23-year-old Mahjabeen from Quetta, whose fate also remains unknown. BASC stated that both cases reflect the continuing pattern of enforced disappearances that have plagued Balochistan for years, now increasingl
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Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit faces scrutiny amid Pakistan's rights crisis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Exiled journalist Taha Siddiqui says Ishaq Dar's Brussels visit comes as the EU prepares to review Pakistan's GSP+ trade benefits amid widespread human rights abuses, political repression, and militancy concerns. He warns that ignoring these violations would undermine Europe's credibility.
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Baloch activist accuses Pakistani military of genocide-scale repression in
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Baloch leader Mehran Marri has delivered a scathing indictment of Pakistan's human rights record in Balochistan, alleging widespread enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary detentions that he describes as "genocide at full escalation."
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Families blame Pakistani forces as new disappearance cases emerge in Baloc
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A rise in enforced disappearances and the recovery of bodies across Balochistan has alarmed families and rights groups. Several people, including students, women and activists, have gone missing in recent weeks, with locals accusing state-backed forces. Families are demanding answers as tens
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VBMP protest crosses 6,000 days; BNM Chairman says struggle for missing Ba
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The protest camp established by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has reached 6,000 days, signifying over sixteen years of ongoing demonstrations by the families of those who have been forcibly disappeared in Balochistan, as noted by Baloch National Movement Chairman Naseem Baluch
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Pakistan fails to answer as VBMP's longest human rights protest exposes de
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has completed 6,000 days of continuous protest in Quetta, marking one of Pakistan's longest-running human rights campaigns. Families of the disappeared have gathered outside the Quetta Press Club for nearly sixteen years, holding photographs and
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Pakistan intensifies state repression as more Baloch men disappear in cust
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Families and community members say the individuals were whisked away to unknown locations, after which all communication and information about them ceased, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Pakistan accused of escalating enforced disappearances as new cases grip B
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Reports of suspected enforced disappearances have once again emerged from several districts of Balochistan, prompting families to stage demonstrations and appeal to authorities for the return of their missing relatives, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Baloch student allegedly detained by Pak's CTD in Dera Ghazi Khan amid ris
Updated : 4 months ago IST
A young Baloch student has allegedly been detained by Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Dera Ghazi Khan and is currently unaccounted for, amidst ongoing demonstrations against enforced disappearances throughout Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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Pakistan accused again as missing Baloch men found tortured to death
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Two missing Baloch men were found dead in separate areas of Balochistan, sparking renewed fears of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly by Pakistani security forces. Rights groups and families accuse authorities of a continuing pattern of abductions, torture, and cust
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