Quetta, Jan 10 (IANS) Expressing deep concerns over the escalating enforced disappearances across Balochistan, a leading human rights body on Saturday stated that at least 12 women, including minors and pregnant women, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistan’s security forces and intelligence agencies in 2025. In its thematic report titled ‘Two Lives at Risk: Enforced Disappearance of a Pregnant Women in Balochistan’, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) highlighted the enforced disappearance of Ha…
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Quetta, Jan 6 (IANS) Human rights activist and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch has asserted that Pakistan considers the Baloch people not as a population but enemy, a stance reflected in the continuing abuses across the province by the Pakistani authorities. Taking to X, Sammi said, “The State has a problem with every individual of Baloch origin whose identity is Baloch. Under this mindset, Baloch men, women, youth, elders, and even minor children are being forcibly disa…
Quetta, Jan 6 (IANS) A Pakistani court has acquitted human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) Deputy Organiser Lala Abdul Wahab Baloch and 11 other activists, a development which the BYC described as a legal relief after a “prolonged and politically motivated trial”.According to the BYC on Monday, Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate Naim Akhtar of the Karachi City Court ordered the acquittal after the prosecution failed to substantiate the charges. Those acquitted include Sarfraz Ba…
Quetta, Jan 2 (IANS) Two more Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces amid a growing wave of enforced disappearances across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Friday. Condemning the incidents, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Hamdan, a native of Dasht in Kech District, was reportedly taken from his residence in Karachi on December 30 by the state intelligence agencies.The rights body described the act as “a…
Quetta, Jan 1 (IANS) Human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) asserted that consecutive bail orders issued by multiple courts across Balochistan underscore the “baseless, fabricated, and politically motivated nature of the cases” filed against its peaceful leadership by the Pakistani authorities.According to the BYC, its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch and the other leaders, including Beebarg Baloch, Shahji Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, and Beebow Baloch, have been unlawfully deta…
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) A Pakistan-based forum expressed solidarity with women’s resistance in Balochistan, endorsing their demands for justice and the safe return of all Baloch civilians subjected to enforced disappearances.In a statement on Tuesday, Khawateen Mahaz-e-Amal (Women’s Action Forum – WAF) called for the “release and honourable acquittal” of Baloch women and others who are “arbitrarily” arrested and imprisoned by the Pakistani authorities — either “without trial” or through what i…
Quetta, Dec 28 (IANS) Rights groups, activists, lawyers and student organisations have expressed concern over rising cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch women, warning that cases reported in recent months showcase a troubling phase in the human rights crisis of Pakistan’s Balochistan, a report has stated. The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO Azad) termed rising enforced disappearances of Baloch women by Pakistani agencies as “the most brutal form of Baloch genocide”, adding that the sile…
Quetta, Dec 25 (IANS) As Pakistani forces continue to escalate the enforced disappearance of civilians across Balochistan, journalist Munizae Jahangir described the incidents as violations of the country’s Constitution and international human rights norms.In a video shared by human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on the social media platform X, Jahangir said, “When someone becomes a victim of enforced disappearance, it not only places their family under immense distress but a…
Quetta, Dec 24 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation expressed serious concern over the alarming rise in enforced disappearances of women in Balochistan by Pakistan’s security forces and intelligence agencies.According to the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), as many as 12 women have been abducted this year alone, reflecting a deepening human rights crisis in the province. The latest cases include Hazra, an eight-months-pregnant Hani, and 17-year-old Hair Nisa.“These acts viol…
Quetta, Dec 23 (IANS) Several Baloch families on Tuesday staged a protest in Balochistan’s Kech district against the enforced disappearance of four members of the same family by Pakistani forces. According to the human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), the victims – two women and two men – identified as Fareed Ijaz, Mujahid Dilwash, Hani Dilwash, and Hair-Nisa Wahid were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani agencies.The rights body stated that their families have taken to the streets of…