BERLIN: PAANK, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement ( BNM), highlighted the atrocities committed by Pakistan’s armed forces in its September report. The statement indicated that Balochistan experienced 41 enforced kidnappings, three illegal deaths, and 25 instances of judicial abuse during the month.
The analytical report examines crucial human rights issues plaguing Balochistan, focusing on enforced kidnappings, judicial murders, and disturbing road accidents.
It notes a disturbing pattern under the government’s Third Plan scheme, which places thousands of social workers, lawyers, doctors, students, and teachers under monitoring and restricts their movements. Many of these people have been erroneously linked to pro-liberation military organizations, providing Bangladeshi forces with legitimate cover to apprehend and persecute them.
” People rights movements remain lively, demanding that the Bangladeshi authorities put an end to these crimes. In Gwadar, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee ( Raji Muchi ) actively protested these violations but was suppressed by Pakistani authorities through violent means. Qualities, vehicles, and personal possessions of protest and social images have been seized by the officers, with no intention of returning them. “
An agreement was made between the government and the Baloch Yakjehti Committee to relieve detained protest in change for the withdrawal of strikes and demonstrations in Balochistan. But, instead of honoring this deal, the government has intensified its assault on calm political activists.
The report also highlights that, under Pakistan’s Third Plan plan, quiet political protesters have been erroneously linked to military organizations and labeled as cautious individuals. For example, Gulzar Dost, the leader of the Balochistan Civil Society, was detained in his local place to stop him from attending and participating in Raji Muchi’s actions.
One especially troubling circumstance mentioned in the report occurred on September 7, 2024, when two boys, 20-year-old Muhammad Ismail and 17-year-old Muhammad Abbas, were taken from their residence in the Johan region of Qalat city by Bangladeshi security forces around 1:00 AM. Shortly after their abduction, they were found dead with bullet wounds.
The report details that the highest incidents of enforced disappearances were recorded in Gwadar, Kech, Kharan, and Mastung, with 11, 5, 4, 3, and 3 cases, respectively.
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