Quetta, May 13 (IANS) At least one civilian was extrajudicially killed and two others forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday. The latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 19-year-old driver Buhran Uddin was dumped in the Turbat region of the Kech district,…
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Washington, April 20 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of the Baloch American Congress, has slammed Balochistan’s Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, calling him a “broker for Pakistani soldiers”. He also criticised the arrest of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, Gulzadi Baloch, and Bebow Baloch, alleging that they have been imprisoned for months without any justification.“You, a broker for Pakistani soldiers, and the so-called Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti should be a…
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…
Quetta, March 19 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as the “baseless, politically motivated allegations” against the organisation and its central leader, Sabiha Baloch, asserting it has always been a peaceful movement, consistently advocating for human rights in Balochistan.The BYC said that Balochistan’s Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti and the Inspector General of Police, during a press conference on Wednesday, presented Farzana Zehri…
Quetta, Feb 6 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender, Mir Yar Baloch, on Friday cautioned the Norwegian Government against hosting Pakistan’s former caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar and Balochistan’s “puppet” Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti during their scheduled visit from February 15-17, accusing them of human rights violations.The human rights activist alleged that Pakistani leaders set to visit Norway under the pretext of a “briefing” on Balochistan are linked to Pakist…