Periodical Reports

The security forces forcibly disappeared thirty-eight people from nine districts of Balochistan in September. However, twelve people were tortured and released without any explanation while the whereabouts of twenty-six people…

Families of missing persons protest against extrajudicial executions in Balochistan. Photo: social media Human rights violations continued unabated in August 2022, besides disastrous torrential rains and devastation caused by flood,…

Human Rights Council of Balochistan received forty-eight cases of killings, including eleven cases of extrajudicial executions, perpetrated by Pakistan's paramilitary forces in July. Forty-five cases of involuntary disappearances were recorded…

During June, thirty cases of enforced disappearance and thirty-three killings, including two incident of honor killing, and three cases of extrajudicial killing were reported in different parts of Balochistan, whereas,…

Forty-five persons were abducted and forcibly disappeared during the month of May in Balochistan, while twenty people were killed. The abductees include women, children, aged people and from other walks…

State’s Frontier Corps (FC), intelligence agencies and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) forcibly disappeared fifty persons, including students, women and children, while twenty-eight persons were killed in different parts of Balochistan during…

Summary: The year 2021 witnessed a drastic change in human rights situation in Balochistan. Human Rights Council of Balochistan, in comparison to previous years, recorded an increase in fake encounters…

Human Rights Council of Balochistan received partial details of enforced disappearances of at least 54 people, abducted by security forces and death squads. However, 12 people were later released while…

State authorities continued the policy of intimidation to silence the voices of activists. In this regard, a case was filed against Nasrullah Baloch, Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons…

Compared to the previous months, a surge was witnessed in cases of enforced disappearance in January as 90 people were abducted from different areas of Balochistan and 38 killed, 18…