The Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) has submitted a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council for its upcoming 56th Session, highlighting the enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch people in Balochistan by Pakistani state authorities.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Asad Iqbal Butt demanded an end to the decades-old problem of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan province.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received a written statement submitted by the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), highlighting the increasing cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan in recent years.
US Congressman Brad Sherman on Saturday expressed his concern over the ongoing issue of enforced disappearances of people in the Balochistan and Sindh regions of Pakistan, The Balochistan Post reported.
Urging for global support against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, political activist Mahrang Baloch has said that the movement of Baloch protesters, which has entered its fourth phase, aims to raise awareness nationally and internationally.
Islamabad police on started dispersing the protesters late at night on Thursday as the long march against alleged extrajudicial killings in Balochistan continued in full swing, VOA Urdu reported.
The protesters vowed to march towards Islamabad despite the closure of transport and to raise their voice against the recovery of their loved ones and against the ongoing genocide and state terrorism in Balochistan, The Balochistan Yakjehti committee said.
After a sit-in was called off in Dera Gazi Khan on Monday against the alleged genocide by Pakistani forces on people of Balochistan as well as enforced disappearances, the Baloch Long march will now start to move towards Islamabad today, according to Dawn.
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Alongside a massive rise in cases of enforced disappearances and abduction in Balochistan, there has been a reported increase in the number of extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, stated the monthly newsletter of the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC)
Quetta [Balochistan], April 19 (ANI): In an embarrassement to newly-formed coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif government in Pakistan, the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) boycotted the National Assembly proceedings on Monday over the killings of civilians by security forces i