Quetta, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday drew attention to escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January. In its latest report, the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) recorded 107 enforced disappearances, including a woman.As per the findings among the 107 documented cases, 78 individuals were abducted through house raids, while 29 were taken into custody throug…
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Quetta, Feb 26 (IANS) Over 20 Baloch civilians, including women and minors, were killed and several others injured as a result of direct firing by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan’s Nushki and Kharan districts, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday. Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that those killed were identified as Atta Ullah, Shahzaib Baloch, and Hassan Basri. Among the injured were Nisa Khatoon and Ameen Ullah, who sustained injuries from a…
Quetta, Feb 26 (IANS) Another two civilians were extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday. The latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) revealed that the tortured and lifeless body of Nasram Baloch was found dumped on Thursday in the Makseen Nadi area of the province. He had been subj…
Quetta, Feb 26 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Thursday expressed grave concern over the continued imprisonment of its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch, and other leaders under what it described as a systematic pattern of “legal and procedural manipulation” by the Pakistani authorities.According to the rights body, the detention of the BYC leaders began under the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO), for three months, a law that allows “preventative detention” b…
Quetta, Feb 24 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has called for justice, accountability and resistance marking one year of “enforced detention” of its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch and other leaders.The BYC launched a global month-long awareness campaign scheduled from February 20 to March 20 to document abuses, resist repression, and demand accountability.According to the rights body, repression by Pakistani authorities in Balochistan has intensified since March 2025.In…
Quetta, Feb 23 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a leading human rights organisation reported that two farmers from Surab area were killed after being subjected to enforced disappearance earlier this month, local media reported on Monday. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) stated that Taimoor, a 26-year-old farmer, was forcibly disappeared on February 9. BYC alleged that Taimoor’s body was later found discarded after being held i…
Quetta, Feb 22 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has strongly condemned the alarming surge in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and staged “fake encounters” across Balochistan during the month of February.In its latest report, the BYC confirmed that 19 individuals have been extrajudicially killed, while noting that additional cases have yet to be independently verified or officially documented.”Children, youth, and elders are being targeted. Families see…
Quetta, Feb 19 (IANS) Several religious scholars have called for resolving issues of Balochistan through talks and urged the Pakistani government to carry out a transparent probe into all missing persons cases and stated that any individual found guilty should be tried in open courts, while innocent people should be released immediately, local media reported on Thursday. While addressing a press conference after a seminar on ‘Restoring Peace in Balochistan and Confidence-Building, the Instit…
Quetta, Feb 16 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Monday asserted that the continued imprisonment of two prominent women figures in Pakistan, including Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief organiser Mahrang Baloch human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir is not merely an attempt to silence two individuals but reflects a broader effort by the Pakistani authorities to suppress the voices of the oppressed communities they represent.Expressing grave concern, the Baloch Voice for Justice (…
Quetta, Feb 16 (IANS) Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Monday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of targeted killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Condemning the extrajudicial killing of 22-year-old Junaid Ahmed, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Ahmed’s body was found on the Eastern Bypass in provincial ca…