Brussels: Mr. Nasser Boladai and Mr. Noordin Mengal, representatives of the Baloch people in Iran and Pakistan respectively, visited Brussels to raise awareness of the continued human rights violations against Baloch people in both countries, and to urge the European Union to speak out against the systematic suppression exerted upon them by the Iranian and Pakistani regimes.
QUETTA: Renowned Balochistan poetess and lecturer at Sardar Bhadur Khan Women University, Nusheen Qambrani, came under attack by unknown armed men on Qambrani Road late last night who threatened to kidnap and kill her daughter, the police confirmed.
Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada) has expressed serious concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan under the theocratic Iranian regime.
The Chairman of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons Nasrullah Baloch has asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan to form a commission for recording the statements made by families of missing persons and has asked that the Justice himself hear these cases.
Law Minister Farooq H Naek, on the directives of the Prime Minister, has constituted a committee to resolve the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, where hundreds of people have gone missing in past four years.
PAKISTAN: A 75-year-old farmer was abducted by the Pakistani security forces and the High Court of Balochistan turns a blind eye to his recovery ISSUES: Disappearance; illegal and arbitrary detention; torture; no rule of law
On 26th June, when the whole world is observing the International day against torture, designated by UN to emphasize the importance of the right to personal dignity and security of all individuals around the world, Sehrish wonders whether these all different days and these toothless organizations have anything to do with the Baloch. She awes whether the cruelties perpetrated on his brother's body fulfill the definition and requirements of torture. She also thinks whether Baloch comes under the definition of "individual" defined by UN.
A week long arts presentation showcasing human rights violation in Balochistan by Pakistan was organized by Baloch Voice Foundation in Grenoble, France, from May 22 at the Cafe echange le Nicodem
Mr. Hamid Shakil, the Deputy Inspector General of the Balochistan Police, informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday that the Police had attained video evidence from the close-circuit cameras of a local hotel in Quetta showing FC personnel illegally whisking away three missing Baloch persons. They were picked up from the hotel, put into an FC vehicle and taken to an unknown location, the top police officer informed the apex court.
Since his son's broken body was found on a patch of wasteland six months ago, the former bank clerk has emerged as an unlikely hero of the struggle against an epidemic of disappearances sweeping Baluchistan, a province in south-west Pakistan.