enforced disappearances

As many as 197 missing persons cases reports have been submitted to the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIOED) in the first half of the year, reported Dawn. …

Sammi Deen Baloch, a prominent human rights activist from Balochistan, organised a major press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Friday. The conference intended to raise a united voice …

Khyber Institute’s Executive Director and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) representative in Europe, Fazal Ur Rehman Afridi, has raised concerns about the ongoing protests by Pashtuns against the stringent visa regulations …

The Baloch Voice Association and Baloch Peoples’ Congress have announced an important event titled “Enforced Disappearances in South Asia; Special Focus on Balochistan” to be held on the sidelines of …

For the past week, Balochistan’s Turbat has been a poignant scene of resilience and anguish. Every day, families gather under the scorching sun, holding pictures of their missing relatives and …

Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, condemned activist Naveed Baloch’s extrajudicial killing in a post on social media platform X. The statement denounced the Pakistani army’s increasing crackdown …

Hundreds of protestors gathered in front of the District Collector’s office from Fida Chowk in Turbat, Balochistan, demanding the safe release of victims of enforced disappearances. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee …

The abduction of Khwaja Khursheed Ahmed, a prominent figure from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), has triggered widespread protests in the region. Local activists and student leaders organised sit-ins and …

The families of forcibly disappeared individuals held a protest rally on the first day of Eid in the central city of Kech, Turbat. The demonstration saw a large turnout, with …

In a poignant demonstration of their enduring grief and frustration, victims of enforced disappearances in Balochistan have chosen to forgo traditional Eid celebrations and instead hold a protest to express …

The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has sounded the alarm on the rising tide of enforced disappearances in Balochistan. The committee sharing a post on X, shed light on the grim reality …

The Balochistan community called for the release of missing individuals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, with their absence casting a shadow over holiday preparations. The community stands united in demanding justice and …

Two brothers hailing from Barkhan have been released and reunited with their families, following their abduction earlier this month while three more persons have been allegedly forcibly disappeared from Turbat …

The families of forcibly disappeared Anees Baloch and Nazeer Ahmed Baloch blocked the major road near Balochistan’s Khuzdar, a statement by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, a Baloch rights organization reported …

The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), known as PAANK in its report condemned the Pakistan army’s atrocities in Balochistan including enforced disappearances and fake encounters. PAANK …

Anees-Ur-Rehman, a student from Khuzdar district in Balochistan, Pakistan, was forcibly abducted by unknown armed men, prompting his family members to organize a long march through the streets of Buleda’s …

A long march was initiated by the families of enforcedly disappeared Baloch persons from Buleda, Zamuran to Turbat (Kech) on Sunday. Kech district is in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. …

Several people on Friday blocked Quetta Brewery Road to protest against the enforced disappearance of six Baloch students from Quetta and the police’s failure to register an FIR, The Balochistan …

By Haidar KB Baloch The enforced disappearance is defined as the arrest and detention of an individual by the state or any third party with the support of the state …

Mama Qadeer Baloch, the well-known Baloch activist fighting for the cause of missing persons, has decided to internationalise the issue of forced abductions by the Pakistan government by announcing a …

The Baloch community in south-west Pakistan observed the Baloch Missing Persons’ Day on June 8 by holding Twitter spaces and organising social media campaigns. The marginalised ethnic community has been …