Pakistan: Balochistan residents stage protest over enforced disappearances of their men
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Pakistan: Balochistan residents stage protest over enforced disappearances of their men

Op India  

Residents of Parom, a town in the Panjgur district of Balochistan, staged a sit-in outside a local Frontier Corps camp, calling for the immediate release of their missing family members. During the operation, four young men Khalil Siddique, Abdul Shakoor Saleh, Arshad Rafiq, and Waseem, son of Muhammad Hashim were reportedly taken into custody and have since disappeared, with no information about their current whereabouts, The Balochistan Post reported. Political and social activists, including Muhammad Ali Baloch, Abdul Razzaq Baloch, Mir Bijjar Marri, Tahir Badini, and Suresh Bugti, arrived from Khuzdar to express their solidarity with the families of the missing persons. In a conversation with the visitors, VBMP Vice Chairman Mama Qadeer Baloch criticized the Pakistani state for its ongoing disregard for international human rights standards.

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Understanding the Flare-up in Baloch Militancy in Pakistan
3 months, 1 week ago

Understanding the Flare-up in Baloch Militancy in Pakistan

News 18  

August 25 and 26 this year marked a grim reminder for Pakistan as Balochistan, the nation’s largest province, was engulfed by a series of militant assaults. The Balochistan Liberation Army, established in the year 2000, along with other militant groups, has persistently challenged the Pakistani state, advocating secession due to the blatant exploitation of the Baloch populace. Additionally, the China-Pakistan …

Resolving the Baloch issue is in Pakistan’s political and economic interest
11 months ago

Resolving the Baloch issue is in Pakistan’s political and economic interest

Al Jazeera  

Treating what is going in the province of Balochistan as a security matter only is the wrong approach. When asked about the Baloch people who had been protesting in the Pakistani capital, demanding government action on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, Kakar became visibly angry. For decades, the civilian and military rulers of Pakistan have presented the Baloch issue as …

‘Kill and dump policy’: Baloch protest man’s custodial murder in Pakistan
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Kill and dump policy’: Baloch protest man’s custodial murder in Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 400 ethnic Baloch, half of them women and children, camp in Islamabad weeks after ‘extrajudicial’ killing of a young man. Najma is among nearly 400 members of the ethnic Baloch community camping outside the National Press Club in Islamabad for weeks now to protest against the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances rampant in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. “We had always …

Pakistani police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting extrajudicial killings
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistani police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting extrajudicial killings

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police Monday freed 290 Baloch activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. The police use of force against the protesters sparked anger among Baluchistan residents and drew nationwide condemnation from top human rights activists. Protest organizers said that as the dozens of vehicles carrying the activists reached …

Pakistan: Several Baloch protesters still in custody despite govt claims as country fumes over crackdown
1 year ago

Pakistan: Several Baloch protesters still in custody despite govt claims as country fumes over crackdown

India TV News  

After Islamabad police violently cracked down on Baloch protesters during a rally against enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in their province, several remained in custody despite the federal government claiming to release 90 per cent of the demonstrators - including all women and children. Then they said the 19-20 women they had were released and now they’re shoving 50+ women …

On Balochistan’s 'Independence Day', Pak Govt Makes Another Attack on Region’s Rights
1 year, 4 months ago

On Balochistan’s 'Independence Day', Pak Govt Makes Another Attack on Region’s Rights

News 18  

The Pakistan government’s recently released census report revealed that Balochistan’s population dropped by 7 million in a span of four months. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in May said that the population of Balochistan had reached 20.6 million but the final results showed the province with 14.89 million people, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. “In Balochistan and Sindh, …

WATCH: Pakistan Army shoots civilian in Balochistan village
2 years ago

WATCH: Pakistan Army shoots civilian in Balochistan village

Firstpost  

Even as Baloch freedom fighters carry out attacks against the security forces at regular intervals, the Pakistan Army responds with military operations that often target the civilian population Quetta: The Pakistan Army has carried out countless incidents of human rights violations in its attempt to suppress the ongoing freedom movement in Balochistan. Thousands of innocent people have been killed while …

Watch: Facebook Live catches abduction at gunpoint from football stadium in Pakistan's Balochistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Facebook Live catches abduction at gunpoint from football stadium in Pakistan's Balochistan

Firstpost  

The heart-wrenching incident took place during a football match in Balochistan’s Khuzdar and was captured in a Facebook live video Islamabad: In a horrifying incident, a man was abducted in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people on gunpoint in Pakistan’s estranged province of Balochistan. The heart-wrenching incident took place during a football match in Balochistan’s Khuzdar and was …

Balochistan: Forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, torture on the rise
2 years, 7 months ago

Balochistan: Forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, torture on the rise

Op India  

On May 11, the Human Rights Commission of Balochistan released its annual report for the year 2021. In the report, HRC said there was an increase in fake encounters, enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, target killings, torture, collective punishment, and the killing of women for honour in the family. Political activists and their family members remained on the hit-list of the …

Why are people disappearing in Balochistan?
2 years, 7 months ago

Why are people disappearing in Balochistan?

Al Jazeera  

The Take asks why enforced disappearances are still happening in Balochistan. And in the southwest province of Balochistan, in particular, some human rights groups say thousands of people are missing. In this episode, The Take asks why disappearances are still happening, and talks to the family member of a victim about how her life has been affected. In this episode: …

Amnesty urges Pakistan to end ‘abhorrent’ enforced disappearances
3 years, 1 month ago

Amnesty urges Pakistan to end ‘abhorrent’ enforced disappearances

Al Jazeera  

The human rights group calls for Pakistani authorities to end the use of forced disappearances as a tool of state policy. “Enforced disappearance is a cruel practice that has caused indelible pain to hundreds of families in Pakistan over the past two decades,” said Rehab Mahamoor, Amnesty International’s acting South Asia researcher. “On top of the untold anguish of losing …

Families of missing Baloch people protest on the Eid for the 10th year
4 years, 4 months ago

Families of missing Baloch people protest on the Eid for the 10th year

Op India  

Like every other religious festival, Eid al-Adha is one of the most important and symbolic Islamic festivals to commemorate the sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim and his son Prophet Ismail. For the last 10 years on every Eid, the families of Baloch missing persons have been protesting on the first days of Eid to remind the Pakistani state, its judiciary, its …

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