enforced disappearances

Baloch community calls for release of missing individuals ahead of Eid-ul-AdhaBaloch community calls for release of missing individuals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha

Baloch community calls for release of missing individuals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha

The Balochistan community called for the release of missing individuals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, with their absence casting a shadow over…

10 months ago
Pakistan: Two abducted Baloch siblings return home, 3 more ‘forcibly disappeared’Pakistan: Two abducted Baloch siblings return home, 3 more ‘forcibly disappeared’

Pakistan: Two abducted Baloch siblings return home, 3 more ‘forcibly disappeared’

Two brothers hailing from Barkhan have been released and reunited with their families, following their abduction earlier this month while…

10 months ago
Families of abducted Baloch individuals block major roads at KhuzdarFamilies of abducted Baloch individuals block major roads at Khuzdar

Families of abducted Baloch individuals block major roads at Khuzdar

The families of forcibly disappeared Anees Baloch and Nazeer Ahmed Baloch blocked the major road near Balochistan's Khuzdar, a statement…

10 months ago
Balochistan has become a battleground for violent actions: ReportBalochistan has become a battleground for violent actions: Report

Balochistan has become a battleground for violent actions: Report

The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), known as PAANK in its report condemned the Pakistan army's…

10 months ago
Family of abducted student protest in Kech as enforced disappearances goes high in BalochistanFamily of abducted student protest in Kech as enforced disappearances goes high in Balochistan

Family of abducted student protest in Kech as enforced disappearances goes high in Balochistan

Anees-Ur-Rehman, a student from Khuzdar district in Balochistan, Pakistan, was forcibly abducted by unknown armed men, prompting his family members…

10 months ago
Pakistan: Families of disappeared Baloch persons initiate long march from Buleda to TurbatPakistan: Families of disappeared Baloch persons initiate long march from Buleda to Turbat

Pakistan: Families of disappeared Baloch persons initiate long march from Buleda to Turbat

A long march was initiated by the families of enforcedly disappeared Baloch persons from Buleda, Zamuran to Turbat (Kech) on…

10 months ago
Protesters block Quetta brewery road over enforced disappearance of six Baloch studentsProtesters block Quetta brewery road over enforced disappearance of six Baloch students

Protesters block Quetta brewery road over enforced disappearance of six Baloch students

Several people on Friday blocked Quetta Brewery Road to protest against the enforced disappearance of six Baloch students from Quetta…

10 months ago
Baloch Yakjeheti Committee raises concerns over rise in enforced disappearances in BalochistanBaloch Yakjeheti Committee raises concerns over rise in enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Baloch Yakjeheti Committee raises concerns over rise in enforced disappearances in Balochistan

The Baloch Yakjeheti Committee in a statement released on Sunday raised concerns over the alarming rise in the number of…

10 months ago
Baloch activist announces social media campaign demanding safe return of enforced disappearance victimsBaloch activist announces social media campaign demanding safe return of enforced disappearance victims

Baloch activist announces social media campaign demanding safe return of enforced disappearance victims

The daughter of the forcibly disappeared activist Ameer Baksh Baloch, Sadaf Ameer Baloch announced to launch of a social media…

10 months ago
Pakistan: 28 cases of enforced disappearances reported in Balochistan in AprilPakistan: 28 cases of enforced disappearances reported in Balochistan in April

Pakistan: 28 cases of enforced disappearances reported in Balochistan in April

A total of 28 cases of enforced disappearances were reported across Balochistan and other regions of Pakistan in April, The…

11 months ago
Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan and the international standards of human rightsEnforced Disappearances in Balochistan and the international standards of human rights

Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan and the international standards of human rights

By Haidar KB Baloch The enforced disappearance is defined as the arrest and detention of an individual by the state…

2 years ago
Baloch activist declares ‘long march’ from Balochistan to Geneva highlighting enforced disappearancesBaloch activist declares ‘long march’ from Balochistan to Geneva highlighting enforced disappearances

Baloch activist declares ‘long march’ from Balochistan to Geneva highlighting enforced disappearances

Mama Qadeer Baloch, the well-known Baloch activist fighting for the cause of missing persons, has decided to internationalise the issue…

2 years ago
Enforced disappearances in Balochistan is Pakistan’s shame Enforced disappearances in Balochistan is Pakistan’s shame 

Enforced disappearances in Balochistan is Pakistan’s shame

The Baloch community in south-west Pakistan observed the Baloch Missing Persons’ Day on June 8 by holding Twitter spaces and…

2 years ago
Pakistan’s dreaded ‘enforced disappearances’ expand from Balochistan to PunjabPakistan’s dreaded ‘enforced disappearances’ expand from Balochistan to Punjab

Pakistan’s dreaded ‘enforced disappearances’ expand from Balochistan to Punjab

Pakistan's legendary human rights abuse of "enforced disappearances" in strife-torn Balochistan is now getting mainstreamed in the Punjab province as…

2 years ago
Sindhis raise the pitch for independent Sindhudesh through April protestsSindhis raise the pitch for independent Sindhudesh through April protests

Sindhis raise the pitch for independent Sindhudesh through April protests

Sindhi organisations are commemorating April as a memorial month for nationalists who spent their lives fighting for an independent Sindh.…

2 years ago

Pakistan slammed for enforced disappearances and conversions at UN meet

Pakistan has been asked by a number of UN members including India to stop enforced disappearances and the persecution of…

2 years ago

Missing persons, dead bodies and fake encounters have failed to move the UN: Saeeda Baloch

The rise in the number of ‘enforced disappearances’ of Baloch students and men has forced women in Pakistan's high conflict…

2 years ago

Extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances continue in Balochistan: rights body

The Europe-based Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) has said that 35 people became victims to "enforced disappearances" while 42…

2 years ago

Sindhi group wants to drag Pakistan to ICJ over dead bodies at hospital

Even as the Pakistan government is pretending that nothing happened at the Nishtar Hospital in Multan, where hundreds of rotting…

2 years ago

Mystery shrouds 200 rotting bodies in Pakistan hospital, activists seek probe

The discovery of nearly 200 rotting bodies on the roof of Nishtar hospital in Pakistan's Punjab on Friday continues to…

2 years ago