UN was asked to send a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Balochistan

Geneva: March 27/03/2024 Human rights activists have called upon the UN to dispatch a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations in Balochistan. During the ongoing 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, a side event hosted by Centre of Gender Justice and Women Empowerment, an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations. The title of the side event was, “Human Rights … Continue reading UN was asked to send a fact-finding mission to investigate human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Balochistan

Baloch human rights activists in a memorandum asked UNHRC to intervene in Balochistan

Geneva 12/03/2024 During the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 12, 2024, a delegation from the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) headed by its General Secretary, Qambar Malik, submitted a memorandum highlighting the deteriorating human rights situation in Balochistan to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The memorandum emphasized the immediate need for UN intervention to … Continue reading Baloch human rights activists in a memorandum asked UNHRC to intervene in Balochistan

BHRC highlights Pakistan’s crimes against humanity in Balochistan

Geneva 12/03/24: On the occasion of the UN Human Rights Council’s 55th session in Geneva, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) organized a protest demonstration at the iconic Broken Chair in front of the UN building on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The speakers demanded that the UN should send a fact-finding mission to investigate the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Pakistan in Balochistan. The protesters … Continue reading BHRC highlights Pakistan’s crimes against humanity in Balochistan

BHRC announces its scheduled activities in Geneva during the 55th UNHRC Session

London: Dr Khurshid Ahmed, the information secretary of the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), has announced the schedule of BHRC activities in the week starting from March 11 to March 15 in connection with the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.   BHRC will organize and participate in various events to highlight the grave situation in Balochistan, where Pakistani security … Continue reading BHRC announces its scheduled activities in Geneva during the 55th UNHRC Session

BHRC informed the UN Secretary-General about the Phenomenon of Staged Encounters in Balochistan 

During the Fifty-fifth session (26 February–05 April 2024) of the UN Human Rights Council, BHRC submitted a written statement on Agenda Item 5 through the Centre for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment, a non-governmental organization with special consultative status at the UN. The statement, received by the UN Secretary-General, urged his urgent attention to the recurring cases of custodial and extrajudicial executions of Baloch people … Continue reading BHRC informed the UN Secretary-General about the Phenomenon of Staged Encounters in Balochistan 

BHRC Addresses UN Secretary-General Regarding Pakistan’s Inaction on Enforced Disappearances & Extrajudicial Killings in Balochistan

The UN Secretary-General received a written statement submitted by the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC), highlighting the increasing cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan in recent years. During the Fifty-fifth session (26 February–05 April 2024) of the UN Human Rights Council, BHRC submitted a statement under Agenda Item 4 through the Centre for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment, a non-governmental organization with … Continue reading BHRC Addresses UN Secretary-General Regarding Pakistan’s Inaction on Enforced Disappearances & Extrajudicial Killings in Balochistan

BHRC Hosts Landmark Conference Addressing Human Rights Abuses in Pakistan and Iran

London, [10/12/2023] – In commemoration of Human Rights Day, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) convened a momentous conference at the Sindhi Centre in London. This gathering brought together esteemed scholars and representatives from various oppressed nations in Pakistan and Iran, providing a platform for them to highlight the severe human rights abuses perpetrated by oppressive regimes in these countries. The conference moderated by Qambar … Continue reading BHRC Hosts Landmark Conference Addressing Human Rights Abuses in Pakistan and Iran

Increasing cases of custodial and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan Call for International Intervention and Accountability

We express deep concern over the alarming and recurrent cases of custodial and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan by the Pakistani military establishment in Balochistan. These disgraceful actions by the security agencies will worsen the political and human rights situations in the region. In August 2023, seven members of a single family from Nali village in Balgatar, district Kech, were forcibly taken away by Pakistani security … Continue reading Increasing cases of custodial and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan Call for International Intervention and Accountability

BHRC will hold an international conference on the human rights violations in Balochistan 

London: 14 Nov 2023 In connection with International Human Rights Day, on December 10, 2023, the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) will organise an international conference in London to highlight the grave humanitarian situation in Balochistan because of the rise in the acts of human rights violations in recent months. This was decided in an executive council meeting of the organisation on 12th November 2023. Scholars, … Continue reading BHRC will hold an international conference on the human rights violations in Balochistan 

BHRC informed the UN Secretary-General of various aspects of human rights violations in Balochistan

Geneva: The UN Secretary-General was informed in writing by the Baloch Human Rights Council (BHRC) of the violations of socio-cultural, historical, and political rights of the Baloch people in Pakistan.  During the Fifty-fourth session (11 September–13 October 2023) of the UN Human Rights Council, BHRC submitted a written statement on Agenda Item 3, through the Centre for Gender Justice and Women Empowerment, a non-governmental organization … Continue reading BHRC informed the UN Secretary-General of various aspects of human rights violations in Balochistan