Mehran Baloch addresses UN Human Rights Council regarding human rights violations in Balochistan
27th Meeting 23rd Regular Session of Human Rights Council, 7 June 2013 - Item 4: General Debate - Human Rights situations that require the Council's attention. Intervention by Mehran Baluch
Disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue unabated in Balochistan -- the civilian governments remain callously indifferent
During the first four months of the year 2013 no restraint was observed on the part of the military in their actions. Abductions by unknown persons, disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue unabated in the war torn zone of Balochistan province. During the months from January to April, according to the Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), an organisation that compiles records of missing persons and extrajudicial killings, 244 persons were abducted, 11 recovered, 34 extrajudicially killed and 26 died during military operations in different parts of the province.
State intensifies under-custody killings in Balochistan
Panjgur: Pakistan military and intelligence agencies have accelerated the kill and dump policy after the failed elections in Balochistan. Tortured and mutilated bodies of two Baloch youth found dumped in Karachi in past two days.
Khan of Kalat's cousin killed in FC search operation
In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, Frontier Corps personnel killed a cousin of self-exiled Baloch leader Khan of Kalat and whisked away another cousin.
Slaughter of Baloch civilians intensifies following Pakistan general elections
The Baloch have been protesting features of their ill-fated gun-to-the-head marriage with Pakistan ever since this nation was occupied in 1948 by British-created Pakistan.
A week in the life of a small war
The Baloch have been protesting features of their ill-fated gun-to-the-head marriage with Pakistan ever since this nation was occupied in 1948 by British-created Pakistan.
Notorious spy technology found in Pakistan
FinFisher is a notorious surveillance technology criticised internationally for undermining citizens' privacy rights. It is well known that it has been used by repressive regimes all over the world to crack down on human rights defenders and activists.
State Atrocities against Baloch Civilians Continue Under Pretence of Elections
Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) has expressed serious concerns related to the rising tide of Pakistan state atrocities against civilians across Balochistan. BHRC noted that not a day goes by when Baloch activists belonging to various nationalist and pro-independence organisations are not picked up, subjected to torture, target-killed, and their mutilated bodies dumped in different locations in Balochistan and Karachi.
PAKISTAN: The government bans secular and nationalist groups to appease the fundamentalist and Taliban groups
PAKISTAN: The government bans secular and nationalist groups to appease the fundamentalist and Taliban groups
Rally held against "˜forced disappearances' in Pakistan
LONDON: Exiled Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri has alleged that a particular "school of thought" in Balochistan is being subjected to abuse because the establishment hates their views on Balochistan issue.
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