Quetta, May 23 (IANS) Yet another civilian has been extrajudicially killed in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, 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.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that 27-year-old shopkeeper Mehran Baloch was shot dead in broad daylight by Pakistan-backed death squads on May 21 while leaving his…
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Quetta, May 23 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) strongly condemned the ongoing curfew in the Zehri region of Balochistan’s Khuzdar district imposed by the Pakistani forces, describing it as an “excessive exercise of state power”.According to the rights body, the sweeping restrictions sparked serious concerns about the treatment of civilians and the devastating impact on their social and economic lives.“In Zehri, Khuzdar, the situation for the local population contin…
Quetta, May 19 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation highlighted escalating abuses by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, citing the continuing pattern of enforced disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings across the province.In its latest report, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department documented 29 cases of extrajudicial killings throughout March this year, highlighting the “lethal consequences of unchecked state power”.Additionally, a total of 56 cases of e…
Quetta, May 12 (IANS) A leading Baloch student organisation expressed grave concern over the deaths of nearly a dozen labourers in the Kuntani area of Balochistan’s Gwadar district while they were reportedly searching for food and work, calling it an example of “extreme state barbarism”.Describing the incident as a “massacre” carried out by Pakistani forces, the Baloch Students Organization Azad (BSO-Azad) said that the case reflected a broader pattern of Baloch genocide.“The Baloch civili…
Quetta, May 11 (IANS) Human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) slammed Pakistan’s Sindh government for barring the organisation from participating in the Aurat March programme, describing the move as “state fascism” against the people of Balochistan.The rights body stated that declaring the BYC and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) as banned organisations in the conditional permit issued for the march on Sunday demonstrated the “extreme of state fascism”.Raising questions ov…
Quetta, April 25 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations on Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of Baloch activist Fozia Baloch, a member of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), by Karachi police. Her arrest comes following the enforced disappearance of her brother, Dadshah Baloch, who was allegedly taken from his home on April 21 by Pakistani security forces.Since then his whereabouts have remained unknown, while the family’s attempt to register a case was reportedly denied by the …
Paris, April 18 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the recent pattern of “irregularities, discriminatory treatment” against legal professionals and the cancellation of candidatures of pro-Awami League lawyers in bar association elections in Bangladesh solely on the basis of political ideology.Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) alleged that these lawyers are obstructed from participating in elections and cited police interference in the bar associa…
Quetta, April 11 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of three civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others at the hands of Pakistani forces.Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) mentioned that the dead bodies of 17-year-old student Sadiq Noor and 40-year-old driver Muslim Dad were discovered in the Turbat region of Kech district on Friday, nearly seven mont…
Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Friday alleged that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organised religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the country’s justice system and broader state machinery hostage. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), this “blasphemy complex” relies on fear of mob violence, targeted killings, and…
Quetta, March 24 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Tuesday accused Pakistan of continuing with the “inhumane policy” of collective punishment across Balochistan.”Can you imagine that in the 21st century, an entire family is punished for the alleged actions of a single individual? Collective punishment is a practice associated with colonial regimes and authoritarian systems of the past. Yet, in Balochistan, the state of Pakistan continues to implement this inhumane policy — and has re…