Quetta, July 25 (IANS) The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) expressed grave concern over the escalating enforced disappearances of civilians, including women and children, allegedly carried out by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, warning that the practice has become one of the most alarming human rights issues of the 21st century.The remarks came following the July 21 incident in the Killi Kongarh area in Mastung district of Balochistan, where security forces personnel raided a house and abducted six me…
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Quetta, July 20 (IANS) Another four civilians, including a minor girl, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, leading human rights organisations alleged on Monday.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, strongly condemned the enforced disappearances of three Baloch civilians across the province, stating that these incidents reflect an ongoing human rights crisis that requires immediate attention from the international community.The victims were ident…
Quetta, July 18 (IANS) Another two civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation alleged on Saturday.This latest incident comes against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Citing reports, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) said that Fazal Baloch, central leader of the student body Baloch Student Front (BSF), was taken from his residence in Hub Chowki region of Baloch…
Quetta, July 2 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations on Thursday strongly condemned the arrest of a woman activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) member, Syed Bibi, by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, describing it as part of an escalating crackdown on peaceful activists and “Pakistani fascism”.According to the BYC, Bibi was arrested by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on July 1 from her residence in Kech district without any legal justification. It said that althou…
Quetta, June 30 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations condemned the raid by Pakistani security forces on the residence of Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Karachi, describing it as part of the state’s continuing campaign of coercion and aggression against the Baloch people.The remarks came after Sammi Deen alleged that law enforcement personnel and intelligence officials raided her residence in her absence and without pri…
Quetta, June 23 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations and activists strongly condemned the life imprisonment handed down to four Baloch activists, including Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch, calling the verdict a “blatant miscarriage of justice” and “act of judicial terrorism” by Pakistan.The criticism came after the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday sentenced four activists, including Mahrang Baloch, to life imprisonment in connection with a case …
Quetta, June 12 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations on Friday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two more civilians and the enforced disappearance of six others allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the bullet-riddled body of 19-year-old farmer Shabeer Ahmed was dumped on June 8 in the Basima area of the Washuk district, after remaining missin…
Quetta, April 30 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of a man and the enforced disappearances of two women, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) mentioned that Aamir Noor, a resident of the Tump region of Kech district, was shot dead by a Pakistan-backed death squad on April 28 while travelling with his wife and sister to Kara…
Quetta, April 27 (IANS) Shalee Baloch, the central organiser of the Baloch Women Forum (BWF), has written to international human rights bodies seeking intervention in the abuse cases across Balochistan by Pakistani forces, including what she described as the “systematic pattern of enforced disappearances”, especially targeting Baloch women. The letter was addressed to the United Nations for Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Working Group on E…
Quetta, April 24 (IANS) The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) on Friday expressed grave concern over the recent incidents of enforced disappearances of Baloch women and minor girls in Balochistan and Karachi by the Pakistani forces. Citing available information, the BWF stated that in the past few days, at least four women have been taken into custody from their homes and hostels before subsequently getting disappeared.The victims were identified as Husseina Baloch, Gul Bano, Samina Baloch, and Khadija B…