Periodical Reports

Balochistan: The State of Human Rights in 2024

HRCB

Human rights violations in Balochistan have remained consistent and deeply entrenched for years, with patterns of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and violent crackdowns on peaceful protests continuing largely unchecked. In 2024, these violations persisted at an alarming scale, reflecting both the impunity of state forces and the ongoing failure of accountability mechanisms. Despite growing domestic and international concern, the human cost of state violence continued to mount, with entire communities left grieving in the absence of justice.

According to documentation compiled by the Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB), 830 individuals were forcibly disappeared and 480 were killed across the province in 2024. These figures include only reported and verified cases; the actual scale is likely higher due to media censorship, restricted access, and fear among victims’ families.

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HRCB

Human Rights Council of Balochistan (Hakkpaan) is a non-profit and non-partisan human rights group based in Balochistan and Sweden. It collects reports from Balochistan, a region Pakistan government does not allow any media and HR group to visit and report. Human rights violations in Balochistan is not a new phenomenon, but it got its worst levels after the Military coup de tat of Pakistan in 1999. Thousands of Baloch have been reported missing, hundreds killed in fake encounters and so-called kill and dump policy of the military. HRCB collects the data from Balochistan itself, through its network of volunteers and supporters, organizes and reports them to the human rights mechanisms of the world.