The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concerns over the “state’s widespread use of enforced disappearances” in Balochistan to muzzle dissent.
In its fact-finding report, titled: “Balochistan’s struggle for Hope”, the human rights watchdog noted that there have been continued reports of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and there was no improvement in the situation since 2019 when the HRCP’s team visited the last.
It also stated the HRCP notes with “considerable alarm that Balochistan faces mounting public frustration pertaining to enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, misgovernance and allegations of political manipulation by the establishment”.
The HRCP also called for an immediate halt to the establishment’s interference in Balochistan’s politics.
Earlier, human rights group Amnesty International noted an increase in the use of enforced disappearances in Balochistan after a suicide bombing at the University of Karachi on 25 April, claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army, which killed four people.
The international human rights watchdog released its annual report documenting the instances of human rights abuses in Pakistan, saying “grave human rights violations continued in Pakistan.
The report deplored the human rights abuses in Pakistan, including enforced disappearances, torture, crackdowns on peaceful protests, attacks against journalists, and violence against religious minorities and other marginalized groups, including an increase in violence against transgender people. The report also noted the disastrous impact of climate change in the country, including severe heatwaves and devastating floods.
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