Periodical Reports

Forty people were abducted and disappeared by security forces and personnel of intelligence agencies in different parts of Balochistan in the month of May, while 27 were killed. On May…

Twenty-one cases of abduction and enforced disappearance were reported from various areas of Balochistan during April - one of whom was released later - while 38 people were killed during…

In March 2021, Pakistan’s security forces forcibly disappeared 65 people from different areas of Balochistan. Fifteen of them were later released while the whereabouts of others remain unknown till the…

Summary: Throughout the year 2020, the humanitarian situation in Balochistan remained grim like the previous years. Human rights violations such as acts of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, forced displacement, torture,…

In February, Pakistan’s paramilitary forces abducted 19 people, and 21 people were killed in different areas of Balochistan. On Feb 2, forces conducted an operation in the Saro area of…

At least 10 disappeared, over 32 killed in different incidents In the first month of 2021, security forces forcibly disappeared 14 people, four of whom were later released but the…

In the last month of 2020, Pakistan’s security forces forcibly disappeared 49 people from different areas of Balochistan. Twenty-one of the abducted were released after a few days of torture…

Human rights violations continued unabated in Balochistan in November, including enforced disappearances and extrajudicial execution of dissidents. In recent months, several journalists, intellectuals and teachers critical to government policies have…

A police constable shot and killed a woman in the Tump village of District Kech, Balochistan, on 18 October. The families of the constable, Aslam and Naim Hameed, had a…

Woman journalist Shaheena Shaheen, 25, was shot dead in Turbat on September 5. Two men left her body at the Civil Hospital and fled the scene. Her family registered a…