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Pakistan wages war on Baloch women: BYC leader slams state brutality
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Sammi Deen Baloch, a senior leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), accused the Pakistani state of unleashing what she called the "most brutal form of oppression" against Baloch women. In a statement, Ms Baloch a
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Reports link Pakistani agencies to surge in abductions and killings across
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A new wave of enforced disappearances and killings has swept across Balochistan and parts of Karachi, deepening fears of systematic state repression against the Baloch population. Families and rights activists accuse Pakistan's armed forces, intelligence agencies, and pro-state militias of b
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Human rights body flags deepening threats to democracy, and vulnerable com
Updated : 3 months, 2 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, 2 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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Pakistan's enforced disappearance regime intensifies as Baloch youths vani
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, local accounts report that Shozeb Saleem, son of Haji Saleem Buzdar and a resident of Model Town, Dera Ghazi Khan, vanished on 23 October while on his way to FAST University in Lahore, where he is a seventh-semester civil engineering student. Relatives stat
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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 survivor of enforced disappearance again under threat, exposing ong
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, Saeeda stated that these individuals have not only questioned the family but have also entered the house multiple times, raising fears that her father might be targeted again. She criticised the authorities for failing to conclude any investigation into his
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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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Balochistan: Kech sees fresh enforced disappearance; BMC harassment allega
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On the night of November 16, military forces in Pakistan carried out a raid on a home in Minaz, a locality within the Bulaida tehsil of Kech.
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