Human Rights Council of Balochistan

Balochistan: Military abduct 42 in four districts

Pakistani security forces and personnel of intelligence agencies abducted 42 persons from Kech, Washuk, Gwadar, Lasbela and Awaran districts of Balochistan. On 15 September 2018, Pakistani security forces raided Kashap,…

HRCB September 18, 2018

Periodical Reports

Balochistan: 25 disappeared, nine killed in August 2018

25 persons were reported forcibly disappeared, in which 24 persons are still missing, by military in five out of the 32 districts of Balochistan amid the Pakistani security forces´ operations…

HRCB September 9, 2018

News Reports

The Statement of Justice(r) Javed Iqbal is deceptive and misleading. BHRO

Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO) declared the statement of Justice® Javed Iqbal, Chairman of missing persons commission, irresponsible and misleading. Balochistan is going through the worst humanitarian situation where the…

HRCB September 3, 2018

Periodical Reports

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