The Human Rights Council of Balochistan strongly condemns the alleged custodial killing of Salam, son of Eid, a resident of Dasht Kumbail, Gwadar, who was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces on June 13, 2025.
According to credible local sources, Salam was abducted by military and intelligence personnel from his home in the Ghati Dor area. After two days of incommunicado detention, his lifeless body was returned to his family on June 15 under strict military surveillance.
At the time of handover, Salam’s house was reportedly surrounded by military personnel who forbade the family from opening the coffin and pressured them into an immediate burial. The burial took place the same day at Shambay Samahel cemetery under the direct supervision of security forces.
The family has alleged that they were threatened into silence and warned not to speak to the media or reveal any information regarding the state of Salam’s body, which is suspected to have borne signs of torture.
We expresses grave concern over the day-by-day worsening of the human rights situation in Balochistan. In the first five months of 2025 alone, 719 individuals have been abducted, 553 remain missing, 35 have been killed, and only 129 have been released. This alarming pattern reflects the growing scale of state violence and impunity.
HRCB calls for an independent investigation into Salam’s disappearance and death, protection of his family from further intimidation, and concrete steps to end the impunity enabling such abuses.
