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Protests take place across Pakistan against forcible disappearances, killi
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Protests are taking place across Pakistan as Baloch families continue to raise their demands against the enforced disappearances and killings of people, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee shared the details on Wednesday.
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Baloch Activist Dr Naseem Baloch condemns enforced disappearance of Prof.
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Drawing a historical comparison, the BNM Chairman remarked that Pakistan's actions resemble the genocide inflicted on Bengalis in 1971, during which teachers and intellectuals were systematically targeted, degraded, and executed in detention facilities. He asserted that just as India interve
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Human Rights Council of Balochistan highlights 'Shocking escalation' of st
Updated : 7 months ago IST
According to the report, Balochistan witnessed a sharp escalation of state violence in the first half of the year. HRCB documented 814 cases of enforced disappearances, nearly equalling the total number recorded in all of 2024. The victims included students, activists, labourers, and ordinar
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Balochistan: Mother of slain teen in Mastung demands justice amid threats
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A mother protesting the killing of her teenage son by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan's Mastung district has alleged that police threatened her with arrest or enforced disappearance, The Balochistan Post reported.
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Pakistan: Sit-in by families of Baloch missing persons continues in Islama
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in by families of Balochistan's missing persons in Islamabad entered its 31st day, with demonstrators accusing police of harassment and force. Despite restrictions, they held a seminar condemning enforced disappearances, extrajudicial detentions, and human rights abuses, calling for de
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Pakistan: 785 enforced disappearances, 121 killings documented in first ha
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Baloch National Movement's human rights department, Paank, made a chilling revelation of the dangers being faced by Baloch activists in Pakistan. It said on Thursday that in the first 6 months of 2025 alone, Paank documented 785 enforced disappearances and 121 killings.
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Pakistan: BYC condemns targeting of political workers through enforced dis
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
BYC said that it condemned the enforced disappearance of the National Democratic Party's Central Organising Committee Member Sana Ullah Baloch.
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Pakistan under fire as protests against enforced disappearances continue a
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Protests led by Baloch families and activists continue across Pakistan's major cities, demanding justice for enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings. Despite peaceful demonstrations, the government shows indifference, fueling anger and highlighting the ongoing human rights crisis
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Pakistan: BYC protest over leaders' disappearance enters 24th day
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, the BYC said, "For 24 days, Baloch families, mothers and sisters, have been sitting in Islamabad, demanding the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and an end to enforced disappearances. Instead of being allowed to set up a peaceful camp, they are met with p
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HRCP sounds alarm over deepening human rights crisis in Balochistan
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Following a week-long visit to Turbat and Quetta, the HRCP team, which included chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt, former senator Farhatullah Babar, and senior human rights advocates such as Nasreen Azhar and I A Rehman, recorded disturbing trends of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executio
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BASC Report exposes widespread enforced disappearances and killings in Bal
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
This report records 674 instances of enforced disappearances, with 466 individuals remaining unaccounted for and only 208 having been released, revealing a troubling unresolved rate of 69.1%.
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Families of enforced disappeared leaders demand justice in Balochistan
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan have been a grave human rights issue for decades, rooted in the region's long-standing political and ethnic tensions. For the last several decades, Baloch nationalists, students, activists, and intellectuals have been targeted, allegedly by state securi
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