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Sindhi Foundation continues campaign to ensure freedom of Pakistani enforced disappearance victim Priya Kumari

Aug 16, 2024, at 05:49 am

Washington-based Sindhi Foundation will continue its campaign to ensure the freedom of Pakistani-enforced disappearance victim Priya Kumari.

Sit-in demonstrations continue in Balochistan over demand to recover five mission persons

Jul 22, 2024, at 11:03 pm

The sit-in protest in Pakistan's Balochistan region over the recovery of five missing persons from Gresha has entered its third day on Sunday, media reports said.

Young Baloch man goes missing in Pakistan's Turbat

May 13, 2024, at 04:38 am

A young Baloch man has gone missing in Pakistan's Turbat city, media reports said.

Missing Baloch man’s body recovered from Sibi, locals claim Pakistani Army men forcibly took him away

Apr 26, 2024, at 11:20 pm

The grim issue of enforced disappearance in Pakistan became evident when the body of Malik Rubya was recovered from Sibi.

Balochistan registers 22 enforces disappearance cases in March

Apr 06, 2024, at 11:51 pm

Pakistan's Balochistan region continues to face the trouble of enforced disappearance with 22 instances recorded in March this year.

Protesters block China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to protest against enforced disappearance of elderly man in Balochistan

Feb 01, 2024, at 05:04 pm

Protesters blocked the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Highway in Balochistan after a case of enforced disappearance came to the fore.

UN special rapporteur, Baloch human rights defenders discuss enforced disappearance

Jan 29, 2024, at 09:05 pm

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor recently discussed the ongoing enforced disappearances in Balochistan region of Pakistan with the Balochistan Human Rights Defenders, media reports said.

Pakistan: BYC threaten to protest in front of UN office over issue of ' as seven-day ultimatum given to government ends

Jan 05, 2024, at 05:03 am

Baloch Yekjehti Committee (BYC) has announced it will start protesting in front of the United Nations (UN) offices to press their demand for the recovery of missing persons after their seven-day ultimatum given to the Pakistan government ended on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Relatives of missing persons stage protest against enforced disappearance

Jul 15, 2023, at 03:35 pm

Quetta: Relatives of missing persons in Pakistan recently demonstrated amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the country, media reports said.

DPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances

Mar 29, 2023, at 08:05 pm

New York: “Tragic” accounts of State-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) require action from the country’s authorities, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said on Tuesday.

Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror

Aug 31, 2022, at 08:25 pm

New York: Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives.

Bill to criminalise enforced disappearances gathering dust in Pakistan, says PPP leader

Aug 13, 2021, at 05:10 am

Islamabad: Secretary General Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Farhatullah Babar recently slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said it does not seem serious in enacting its own bill to criminalise enforced disappearances.

Dr Deen Muhammad Baloch enforced disappearance: BNM members demonstrate in front of British PM Boris Johnson's residence

Jun 26, 2021, at 09:17 pm

London: The Balochi National Movement recently protested infront of UK PM Boris Johnson's residence here as the enforced disappearance of Dr Deen Muhammad Baloch completed 12 years recently.

Pakistan introduces bill to criminalize enforced disappearance

Jun 10, 2021, at 01:28 am

The Pakistani government has introduced a bill in parliament criminalizing enforced disappearance, one of the most sensitive political issues in the country, with the provision of awarding ten-year imprisonment to anyone found guilty of perpetrating it.

UNHRC: Baloch leader targets Pakistan over its oppression on people

Sep 27, 2020, at 12:37 am

Geneva: President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are unable to end oppression, suppression and forced annexation by Pakistan.

Protesters assemble in front of Boris Johnson's residence in London, demonstrate against enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Sep 02, 2020, at 04:27 am

London: Protesters gathered outside the residence of British PM Boris Johnson to demonstrate against Pakistan on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.

Enforced disappearance: Baloch, Sindhis, Pashtuns demonstrate against Pakistan in Toronto

Sep 02, 2020, at 12:33 am

Toronto: Observing the ''International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances’, members of Baloch, Sindhi and Pashtun organisations staged a protest against Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: People in Sindh protest against state terrorism

Aug 20, 2020, at 04:47 am

Sindh: Amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the region, people in Qazi Ahmed town of Shaheed Behazir Abad district of Sindh province in Pakistan took to streets to raise their voice against state terrorism and brutality in the province.

Washington: Sindhi Foundation holds protests outside Pakistan envoy's residence

Aug 18, 2020, at 03:59 am

Washington: Protesting against forced disappearances, a US-based Sindhi organisation, along with Balochis and Pashtuns, on Saturday demonstrated outside the residence of Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan, here.

Enforced disappearances of political activists: Family members demonstrate in Sindh

Jul 23, 2020, at 05:56 pm

Sindh: Family members of victims joined to protest in front of the Hyderabad Press Club in Pakistan's Sindh province against alleged  enforced disappearances of political activists by the security agencies.

Pakistani forces see Coronavirus as more suitable opportunity to whisk away people in Balochistan: Activists

May 27, 2020, at 02:15 pm

Paris: Speakers like prominent human rights activists from Balochistan and western analysts have accused Pakistan Army of being responsible for enforced disappearances, torture and killing of intellectuals, students and political activists in the country's resource-rich province in a recent virtual conference by a Paris-based rights group of the Baloch.

Amid countless unresolved cases, Amnesty International urges Pakistan to act against enforced disappearances

Apr 03, 2019, at 08:06 am

Islamabad: Amnesty International has urged the government of Pakistan to take all measures to ensure an end to the practice of enforced disappearances that have long been a stain on the south Asian country's 'human rights record'.