disappearances

Quetta, March 20 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, held a seminar in the Surab district of Balochistan, highlighting the systemic challenges and repression faced by communities across the province, accusing Pakistani authorities of using legal mechanisms to silence...

London, March 20 – The denial of essential services in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) has created a widening humanitarian divide, where inflation, unemployment, food insecurity, and power shortages are intertwined with political...

Islamabad, March 5 – Pakistani authorities continue to frame youth discontent as a security challenge rather than an economic failure. Years of suppression have fractured unity among young protesters, shifting activism towards an identity-based mobilization instead of inclusive activism against...

Geneva, February 28 – United Nations experts expressed serious concern over the 40 Uyghur men who were forcibly deported to China by Thai authorities a year ago, under pressure from Beijing, as their current whereabouts, health, and fate remain unknown.“These disappearances reflect a broader...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the creation of a dedicated cell in each police station in the city for cases of missing persons, stating that policing should be left to the police authorities.The petition...

Quetta, February 17 – The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has written to the international community, drawing attention to what it described as persistent human rights abuses carried out by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, particularly the growing wave of enforced disappearances of Baloch women...