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".
The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has completed 6,000 days of continuous protest in Quetta, marking one of Pakistan's longest-running human rights campaigns. Families of the disappeared have gathered outside the Quetta Press Club for nearly sixteen years, holding photographs and documents as they wait for answers that remain elusive.
A 17-year-old boy was reportedly abducted by unidentified men in Balochistan's Panjgur district last week, marking yet another disturbing episode in the province's long-running crisis of enforced disappearances.
The ongoing sit-in organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) reached its 5,962nd day outside the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday, coinciding with a new report of enforced disappearance involving a young man, Saqib Ahmed Buzdar, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
Fresh reports of enforced disappearances have surfaced in Balochistan, with two individuals allegedly taken into custody by Pakistani security forces, while another man who had been missing was recently presented before a court.
It has been one month since Baloch student Mahjabeen Baloch was "forcibly disappeared", yet her location remains unknown and she has not been presented in any legal proceedings, the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) reported on Sunday.
A protest encampment organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) in Quetta reached its 5,864th consecutive day on Friday, emphasising what families describe as the state's systematic practice of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
