SINDH: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir has been released from Sukkur Jail after spending two years in custody. Ali Wazir was initially arrested on August 3, 2024, by Islamabad police following a traffic accident near Islamabad’s PIMS Hospital. After his arrest, he was transferred across multiple prisons and […]
HR Organizations
Insights, News, and Declarations from Human Rights Organizations in Balochistan.
ISLAMABAD Amnesty International has called for the release of several Baloch activists, stating that nearly a year has passed since their arrest and they remain in detention. According to the organization, Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri, Beebow Baloch, Shah Ji Sibghatullah, and Gulzadi Baloch were arrested on unfounded charges due to […]
Dera Ghazi Khan: The family of Hakim Majeed Baloch, who was forcibly disappeared more than four months ago, has appealed for his immediate and safe recovery. In a press statement, Humaira Majeed Baloch, the sister of the disappeared youth, said that her 22-year-old brother was taken away during a late-night […]
SINDH: The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has condemned the enforced disappearance of one of its leaders and an activist, calling it a serious violation of human rights. In a press release issued on March 7, JSFM chairman Sohail Abro said that Saeed Tiyono, president of the organization’s Jamshoro chapter, […]
Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concerns over fake police encounters in Punjab and called for an immediate ban on operations conducted by the Crime Control Department (CCD). In a statement, HRCP said there are grave concerns regarding what it described as staged encounters in […]
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have detained more than 100 individuals during operations carried out in multiple areas of Quetta and transferred them to undisclosed locations, according to local sources. The so-called provincial government claimed that over 100 “suspected individuals” were arrested during the operation and that small and large quantities […]
London: Sorath Lohar, Convenor of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh (VMPS), along with Sarang Sindhi, Representative of the Voice for Sindhi Missing Persons – Europe Chapter, has strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of Muhammad Bakhsh Sajedi, a retired Deputy Commissioner and the father of Dr. Naseem Baloch, Chairman […]
QUETTA: The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has strongly condemned the arrest of human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, advocate Hadi Ali, describing the detentions as illegal, politically motivated and aimed at silencing voices speaking for victims of enforced disappearances. In a statement issued by its central […]
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has granted protective bail to lawyer Iman Mazari, who represents cases related to enforced disappearances, and her husband Hadi Ali Chatha, restraining Islamabad police from arresting them in a registered case. The hearing was conducted by Justice Azam Khan of the Islamabad High Court, […]
Amnesty International has called on Pakistani authorities to immediately stop the judicial harassment of lawyers and human rights defenders Iman Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, following the cancellation of their bail and a court order for their immediate arrest over alleged “anti-state” social media posts. Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional […]
