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After my father’s abduction we...

What did your father do that led...

Families of missing Baluch march...

For two years, Mama was unable to...

After my father’s abduction we lost our everything in search of him

What did your father do that led to his arrest and disappearance by Pakistani forces? My father was political activist; he was talking about the rights of the people of Balochistan that is why he was forcibly abducted by security forces. Can you describe the state of your family the day your father was abducted and the days that followed up till now? When we heard about the forcibly disappearance of our father we felt like the sky has fallen on us my mother along with my rest of siblings became unconscious....

PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial killings...

In Balochistan, journalists, teachers, political activists, students and human rights defenders are being targeted in particular. The ALRC and its sister-organisation, the Asian Human...

COMMENT: Injustice anywhere...

The pangs of conscience here are always highly selective and expedient, so it is extremely unlikely that any tribunal to investigate the relentless and...

Confusion, pain and...

While Baloch’s 14-year-old brother had to quit his studies and work as a farmer to earn a livelihood for the family, the void of...

Extra-judicial Killings in...

Thousands of Baloch have been displaced, their houses were burnt, and countless families’ valuables have been looted by Pakistan’s “Islamic” army. Regretfully, the International...

PAKISTAN MUST PROVIDE...

23 febrero 2011 The Pakistan government must immediately provide accountability for the alarming number of killings and abductions in Balochistan attributed to government forces in...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court should hear cases of extrajudicial killings of disappeared persons FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-026-2011 February 8, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights...

PAKISTAN: Six more...

CASE NARRATIVE: Mr. Awal Khan Bugti, resident of Quetta city, capital of Balochistan, was an activist of the Republican Party and wanted by the...

PAKISTAN: Army officers...

The case of the disappearance of a master tailor exposes how the army is involved and the weaknesses of the judicial system The Asian Human...

‘Thousands missing in...

By Shahid Husain Karachi As many as 12,000 people are “missing” in Balochistan, including 143 women, said Qadeer Baloch, Vice Chairman, Voice for Baloch Missing People,...