According to a statement released on social media by BYC, the protest is a call to action in solidarity with BYC leaders currently on hunger strike and in remembrance of countless Baloch individuals who have been forcibly disappeared, detained, or killed.
In Pasni, Gwadar district, personnel from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) allegedly carried out a late-night raid on a house in the Babbar Shor area on April 14. During the operation, a young man identified as Shaukat was detained and taken away, the report said.
A sharp rise in alleged extrajudicial killings of forcibly disappeared individuals in Balochistan has sparked widespread concern, with reports indicating at least 12 deaths in what families and human rights organizations are labeling as "staged encounters" over the past two days, as reporte
Pakistan's leading human rights body, Paank strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Safar Baloch who was forcibly disappeared by state intelligence agencies in Balochistan.
BYC further highlighted that the Malik Baloch family has been relentlessly seeking justice, participating in every sit-in and rally advocating for the forcibly disappeared Baloch individuals.
The relatives had assembled to identify bodies brought in by security forces. The violence erupted when families of forcibly disappeared persons, along with human rights activists, attempted to enter the hospital to view the bodies, The Balochistan Post reported.
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch condemned the targeted killing of Shah Jan Baloch, the brother of forcibly disappeared student leader Zahid Baloch. She highlighted ongoing human rights abuses in Balochistan and the state's repression of dissent.
A journalist from Balochistan's Barkhan district, Asif Kareem Khetran, has reportedly been forcibly disappeared, raising serious concerns over press freedom and human rights in the region.
She stated that the relatives of victims of enforced disappearances have blocked the Karachi-Quetta highway at three locations by holding sit-ins and urged people of Balochistan to ensure their participation in these sit-ins.
The Balochistan Post reported, "The wave of enforced disappearances continues across Balochistan, with reports that Pakistani forces have forcibly disappeared twelve more individuals in the regions of Quetta, Nushki, Mashkay, and Winder. According to local sources, two brothers -- Adnan and
The state administration has neither been able to recover the forcibly disappeared people nor is it ready to take legal action against the state army, as per the statement.