Human rights group Amnesty International has 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.
Regarding enforced disappearances, the human rights body said that it documented the frequent use of enforced disappearances in Balochistan following the Karachi University bombing that killed four people. Amnesty International’s report stated several instances of enforced disappearances. Two Baloch women activists were abducted within a week of the attack. On 7 June, students Doda Ellahi and Gamshad Baloch were forcibly disappeared from their homes in Karachi. Following four days of peaceful protests they were released on 14 June, it said.
