Quetta, May 28 (IANS) Several Baloch human rights activists strongly condemned the “inflammatory” remarks made by Pakistan’s Balochistan province Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti against scholars and the broader intellectual community of the region. In a widely shared press conference circulating on social media, Bugti linked the intellectual community of Balochistan with the militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), accusing them of rationalising violence and asking those who “have no love for …
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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…
Quetta, May 13 (IANS) Journalists and rights activists have criticised the Sindh government in Pakistan for imposing 28-point conditions, including a ban on the participation or support of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) and the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), in Karachi’s Aurat March. The permission letter issued by the office of the Deputy Commissioner South Karachi has prohibited the participation or support of “proscribed” organisations, including the BYC and JSQM, The Balochistan Pos…
Quetta, May 4 (IANS) Pakistani security forces carried out the extrajudicial killing of three civilians in Balochistan, according to a leading human rights organisation.Condemning the incident as a “grave human rights violation”, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Kuhda Peer Muhammad and his young son, Abdullah, were extrajudicially killed by Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) on May 1 in the Zamuran region of the Kech district.Citing reports, the rights …
Quetta, May 2 (IANS) Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Saturday alleged that Pakistani authorities are running a systematic campaign aimed at weakening the organisation by building a narrative against it.She stressed that BYC is spearheading an organised resistance against the ongoing state oppression, which the authorities seek to suppress while continuing their actions without accountability.According to Sammi, various methods are …
Quetta, May 1 (IANS) Leading human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), on Friday strongly condemned the targetting of Baloch civilians in fabricated cases and their subsequent enforced disappearances, despite their full legal compliance, describing it as the “worst example of oppression” by Pakistani authorities.According to the BYC, since March 18, following the state crackdown, hundreds of people were arrested, and dozens of cases were registered against BYC leaders, along wit…
Quetta, April 22 (IANS) At least four civilians, including a woman, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, according to leading human rights organisations. Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, on Wednesday strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Khadija Baloch, a female nursing student.According to the rights body, she was abducted on Tuesday by personnel of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC), Military Intelligence (MI) and Counter-Terroris…
Quetta, April 13 (IANS) A protest camp against enforced disappearances in Quetta city of Pakistan’s Balochistan province entered its 6133rd Day on Monday, the organisers said. The camp outside the Quetta Press Club has been set up by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP). Several people have participated in the protest to express solidarity with the families of missing persons.”VBMP Protest Camp in Front of Quetta Press Club Continues on 6133rd Day. Participation of Various Individuals, Ex…
Quetta, April 8 (IANS) Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) senior leader Sabiha Baloch has expressed serious human rights concerns in Pakistan’s Balochistan and urged the United Nations to conduct an independent and impartial review of the human rights situation in the province, local media reported. While addressing the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Baloch spoke about issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and mentioned that Baloch people continue to go missing u…
Dublin, April 2 (IANS) Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, expressed grave concerns over the relentless harassment and criminalisation of women’s rights activists and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sabiha Baloch and her family by the Pakistani authorities, alongside the ongoing targeting of the other BYC members.Calling for an immediate end to such measures, she stressed that the actions appear to be linked to the human rights organisation’s peac…