HRCB, Author at Human Rights Council of Balochistan

July 2018: General elections, other side of democracy in Balochistan

Fifty-eight people were forcibly disappeared and 209 were killed in Balochistan in July 2018, the month when general elections were held in Pakistan. Pakistan’s southwestern region, Balochistan, remained a battleground…

HRCB August 15, 2018

News Reports

Balochistan: Law enforcement agencies are practicing “Collective Punishment”. Several number of women are forcibly disappeared in Balochistan. BHRO

Baloch Human Rights Organization's Vice Chairperson, Tayyaba Baloch held a press conference in Quetta Press Club against enforced disappearance of women and children by security forces from different areas of…

HRCB August 10, 2018

News Reports

Balochistan: Military abduct a whole family and 40 others, injures 5 in mortar attacks, releases 19 previously disappeared persons

Five civilians were injured in Pakistan military's indiscriminate mortar shelling towards the civil population of the village. On July 10, the security forces fired three long range mortars on Kohad…

HRCB August 1, 2018

Periodical Reports

Bi-Annual Report 2018: The state of Balochistan’s Human Rights

Balochistan: January to June 2018 Human rights situation in Balochistan has set alarm bells ringing for human rights activists as enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue for the last many…

HRCB July 24, 2018

Periodical Reports

June 2018: Many villages forcefully evacuated, 79 disappeared, 24 killed in Balochistan

Human rights situation in Balochistan has worsened in the month of June, as the disputed general elections are approaching. The government is bracing to hold elections on 25 July 2018,…

HRCB July 15, 2018

Testimonies

Tales from the dungeon: Haji Naseer

In the Tales from the Dungeon series of Balochistan Times, former victims of enforced disappearance recount their ordeal. Haji Naseer was one of the first political activists to be whisked…

HRCB July 10, 2018

News Reports

Balochistan: Military abduct 8 including a woman from 2 districts in three days

Pakistani security forces have abducted 8 persons including a woman from districts of Kech and Awaran of Balochistan in last three days. On June 28, Twenty years old, Bibi Aamna…

HRCB June 29, 2018

News Reports

Balochistan: Military abduct 48 including a teenager and women

Pakistani security forces and personnel of intelligence agencies have abducted 48 persons including a teenager. The abductions took place in the districts of Kech, Awaran, Hub and Panjgur of Balochistan.…

HRCB June 27, 2018

News Reports

Balochistan: BHRO and VBMP demonstrates on Eid against enforced disappearances

Baloch Human Rights Organization and Voice for Baloch Missing Persons held a protest demonstration in front of Press Club Quetta in solidarity with families of enforced disappeared persons and against…

HRCB June 16, 2018

Periodical Reports

May report: 50 forcibly disappeared, 18 killed in Balochistan

Fifty persons were forcibly disappeared by military in seven districts of Balochistan in May this year, reported Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO) and Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) jointly.…

HRCB June 9, 2018