Rights group slams Pakistani authorities over surge in attacks on activists in Balochistan
The rights body described the recent killing of academician Ghamkhwar Hayat Baloch as a major example of “state barbarism".
The rights body described the recent killing of academician Ghamkhwar Hayat Baloch as a major example of “state barbarism".
A Baloch family on Monday staged a sit-in protest on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway at Sahaki Balgatar in Balochistan's Kech district following the enforced disappearance of a relative, demanding his immediate and safe recovery.
In a message dated October 30, 2025, Baloch remarked that while "time may appear to stand still within prison walls, thoughts do not cease," stressing that the burden of continuing the fight against oppression now lies heavily on the younger generation, according to TBP.
A new report by the Baloch Advocacy and Studies Centre (BASC) has revealed an alarming surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, exposing the scale of Pakistan's violent suppression of dissent amid its drive to exploit the province's mineral wealth.
The bodies of two missing Baloch men have been found in separate areas of the province, reigniting fears of ongoing enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by Pakistani security forces.
The protest by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) demanding the release of its leaders entered its 24th day on Friday, with the group alleging that the families of forcibly disappeared were being subjected to police blockades, surveillance, and threats.
In a growing call for justice, families of forcibly disappeared and detained leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) are demanding their immediate and unconditional release, as Balochistan continues to witness an alarming rise in enforced disappearances.
As per BYC, the families had travelled from Balochistan all the way to Islamabad in search for justice.
Seven Baloch civilians have been forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani security forces as the cycle of persecution continues amid the ongoing wave of enforced disappearance in the Balochistan province, said a leading Baloch human rights organisation on Friday.
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has condemned the ongoing repression of peaceful Baloch demonstrators, students, and women by the Pakistani state, while also emphasising the increasing silence and complicity of Punjab's political leaders.
