Two Balochistan-based human rights groups on Sunday announced their merger. The decision came in the midst of escalating rights abuses in war-torn Balochistan where thousands of cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings have come to limelight since early 2000s. The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) and the Baloch Human Rights Organization (BHRO) announced ...
The police on Wednesday cracked down on the protesting medical students of the Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences (BUMHS) who had gathered outside the Balochistan Assembly to ask the government for better conditions on the campus. They have been protesting for the last 40 days inside the university campus against the administration against ...
A Baloch who previously worked as a sergeant in the United Arab Emirates police has been whisked away by security forces just after he arrived in Karachi. Haji Abdul Samad, apparently in his sixties, posted a video on the Facebook Page News Gidroshia, saying his brother, Haji Sher Jan, was detained at the Jinnah International ...
The four Baloch women forcibly disappeared by paramilitary personnel and then handed over to the civilian law enforcers last week have now been shifted to prison for lack of women-only lock-ups at the police station. The Anti-Terrorism Department had requested a judicial magistrate yesterday, December 2, to let them shift the women, booked on terrorism ...
Update: The four Baloch women forcibly disappeared by paramilitary FC personnel yesterday were handed over to the civilian Levies force earlier today. Awaran’s Levies officials released a photo of the women, claiming they were arrested for possession of arms and ammunition. Pakistan’s security forces have reportedly whisked away at least four Baloch women from ...
Hundreds of paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel are still stationed at the University of Balochistan even though the vice-chancellor assured the Senate earlier this week that they have “committed to vacating the campus”. The Frontier Corps (FC) and police have committed to vacating the Balochistan University building but have not specified when,they should vacate the University.I ...
The head of the parliamentary committee formed to investigate the sexual harassment scandal at the University of Balochistan, Quetta, said on Tuesday no victim has come forward to file a complaint in person. Mahjabin Sheran hinted it would be difficult to build a case against the perpetrators without personal testimonies of the victims. “Some people ...
Hundreds of students are currently sitting in front of Balochistan University’s main gate to protest a blackmailing and harassment scandal on the campus surrounding installation of hidden cameras at the women’s hostel and then using the recordings to harass and blackmail students. The scandal, which initially involved UoB’s security in-charge and surveillance officer, is deepening ...
Quetta’s female doctors, house officers and medical students are protesting outside the Governor’s House, after police stormed their hostels three days ago to force them out. Female doctors and medical students of the Bolan Medical College (BMC) have been protesting against what they call ‘arbitrary allotments’ at the girls’ hostel for last many months. In ...
A video of a young Baloch woman, Hani Gul, is making rounds on the social media in which she accuses officials of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, ISI, of torturing her and her fiancé at a secret detention center for months. Gul, who appears to be in her 20s, says she and Mohammad Naseem, to whom ...
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