Missing prisoners found in spy agencies' custody
Counsel for ISI, IB, MI tells SC 20 terrorists, including 11 prisoners, were arrested in operational areas after court's direction
UNESCO's Director-General condemns murder of Pakistani journalist Abdul Hameed Hayatan in Baluchistan
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has called on authorities to investigate the murder of Pakistani journalist Abdul Hameed Hayatan, whose body was found with gunshot wounds on 18 November outside of Turbat, in western Pakistan's Baluchistan province.
Devastating turn of events: Qambar Chakar Baloch and Irshad Nasir again abducted
In a devastating turn of events, Mr. Qambar Chakar and his cousin, Irshad Nasir, have been re-abducted from their homes in Turbat, Balochistan, on November 26, 2010.
Baloch journalist kidnapped, tortured and murdered
Two more tortured and bullet-riddled bodies of abducted Baloch were found in the Turbat area of Balochistan on November 18, 2010. The victims have been identified as Lala Hameed Baloch, also known as Hameed Hayatan Baloch of BNM Gwadar, and Hamid Ismael Baloch a resident of Turbat.
Asian Human Rights Commission: Extrajudicial killings rapidly increase in Balochistan
It has been reported during the recent weeks that in the province of Balochistan the mutilated bodies of 25 persons, who had earlier been abducted by persons in plain clothes, have been found. The deceased person's family members claim that these people were abducted by personnel of the Frontier Corp (FC) and intelligence agencies. Some of them were arrested in the presence of police but despite this, in many cases the police refused to lodge the First Information Report (FIR) because of the involvement of state intelligence agencies.
Activists deplore Amnesty International killed Baloch victims vote
Activists related to defending human rights in Balochistan have deplored that the Amnesty International in USA killed a very basic resolution Saturday afternoon that had called for more actions to help the victims of enforced disappearances in the Texas-sized stateless region. Two senior AIUSA leaders spoke out vigorously against the resolution that basically called for more actions such as action alerts and letters in support of victims of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.
BalochWarna and BYGWAAH report more missing and dead
Two more tortured and bullet-riddled bodies of abducted Baloch were found in the Turbat area of Balochistan on November 18, 2010. The victims have been identified as Lala Hameed Baloch, also known as Hameed Hayatan Baloch of BNM Gwadar, and Hamid Ismael Baloch a resident of Turbat.
Pakistan military, FC, agencies slapped in Geneva; I.C.R.C. 24-hour hotline in the works
GENEVA, Pakistan military and intelligence agencies received a big slap on their face Monday as many key international organizations focused their attention on the issues of enforced disappearances and Islamabad's official policy of 'kill and dump' slow motion genocide in Texas-sized Balochistan in southwest Asia.
Geneva Conference on Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan: AFAD and Laurie Deamer statements
The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), a regional federation of organizations of families of the disappeared and human rights advocates directly working on the issue of enforced disappearance in Asia, expresses deep concern over the alarming human rights situation in the occupied Balochistan area in south western part of Pakistan where a huge number of disappearance cases has been recently reported.
Geneva Conference on Enforced Disappearances
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kachkol Ali at his residence in Quetta in June last year. This was just a few weeks after he had witnessed the kidnapping of three of his clients from his office. A few days later, their bodies were found in the middle of the desert. Mr. Ali briefed me on those facts during an interview in full detail, the same way he would do afterwards with anyone who showed any interest in those terrible events.
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