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31/08/2026

BNM Protests in Utrecht, Says Hardly Any Baloch Family Has Been Spared the Trauma of Enforced Disappearances

Monday, 31 August 2026 |



https://thebnm.org/bnmnetherlands/28753/

On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a protest in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to draw international attention to the ongoing crisis of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and to express solidarity with the affected families.

The protest was also attended by Pashtun political activists, who expressed solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances and their families. Demonstrators held photographs of forcibly disappeared persons and carried banners and placards demanding justice and calling for an immediate end to enforced disappearances.

Speakers at the gathering included Muheem Abdul Rahim, President of the BNM Netherlands Chapter; Abid Jan Qadir, Coordinator of the Party’s Media, IT and Cultural Department, Dr. Latif Baloch, Sanaullah Baloch and human rights activist Zar Khan. The speakers highlighted the profound and devastating impact of enforced disappearances on Baloch society.

The speakers said that hardly any Baloch family has remained untouched by the trauma of enforced disappearance. Across Balochistan, families have endured prolonged anguish and uncertainty following the abduction and disappearance of their loved ones. In many cases, families are given no information about the whereabouts, condition or fate of their relatives, deepening their suffering and leaving them in a state of unbearable uncertainty.

They said enforced disappearances have become one of the most visible manifestations of the ongoing human rights crisis in Balochistan. People from various sections of society—including political and social activists, students, teachers, journalists, lawyers, writers, human rights defenders and ordinary civilians—have been affected by this practice.

The speakers stated that Balochistan is the homeland of the Baloch nation and that the Baloch nation is struggling to secure its right to self-determination. They also appreciated the continued solidarity of the Pashtun nation with the Baloch struggle, saying that the Pashtun nation has consistently raised its voice against oppression, injustice and human rights violations and stood in solidarity with the Baloch nation.

The speakers further said that enforced disappearances constitute part of what they described as an ongoing process of genocide against the Baloch nation in Balochistan. The continued enforced disappearance of thousands of people, extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights violations have created an atmosphere of fear, insecurity and uncertainty across Balochistan.

The Baloch National Movement called for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts, condition and fate of all forcibly disappeared persons to their families. It demanded an immediate end to enforced disappearances, independent and transparent investigations into reported human rights violations, and accountability for those responsible.

31/08/2026

BNM Nederland houdt stille protestactie in Utrecht

Op 30 augustus 2026 hield de Nederlandse afdeling van de Baloch National Movement (BNM) een stille protestactie in Utrecht ter gelegenheid van de Internationale Dag van de Slachtoffers van Gedwongen Verdwijningen.

Met foto’s, spandoeken en protestborden vroegen de demonstranten aandacht voor de aanhoudende crisis van gedwongen verdwijningen in Balochistan en eisten zij gerechtigheid, verantwoording en de veilige terugkeer van alle vermiste personen.

Video : Shahdad Sameer and Mahra Bakshi
Editing : Mahra Bakshi

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De posters die tijdens het protest werden meegedragen, waren meer dan slechts eenvoudige boodschappen. Elke boodschap weerspiegelde de realiteit waarmee slachtoffers van gedwongen verdwijningen en hun families worden geconfronteerd en benadrukte de dringende noodzaak van gerechtigheid, verantwoording en een einde aan gedwongen verdwijningen.

Op deze belangrijke dag vormden de posters krachtige symbolen van herinnering, solidariteit en verzet. Ze brachten een duidelijke boodschap over: de verdwenen personen mogen niet worden vergeten en hun families hebben recht op waarheid en gerechtigheid.

31/08/2026

BNM houdt protest in Utrecht op de Internationale Dag van de Slachtoffers van Gedwongen Verdwijningen

Utrecht, Nederland — 30 augustus 2026:
Op de Internationale Dag van de Slachtoffers van Gedwongen Verdwijningen organiseerde de Baloch National Movement (BNM), Nederlandse afdeling, een protest in Utrecht om internationale aandacht te vragen voor de aanhoudende crisis van gedwongen verdwijningen in Balochistan.

Tijdens het protest werd aandacht gevraagd voor de voortdurende gedwongen verdwijningen in Balochistan. Er werd opgeroepen tot gerechtigheid, verantwoording en de veilige terugkeer van alle mensen die gedwongen zijn verdwenen. Ook nam een lid van de Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) deel aan het protest uit solidariteit met de slachtoffers en hun families.

30/08/2026

BNM Netherlands Chapter spreekt zich in Utrecht uit voor de slachtoffers van gedwongen verdwijningen

Op 30 augustus 2026 organiseerde de Nederlandse afdeling van de Baloch National Movement (BNM) een protest in Utrecht, Nederland, ter gelegenheid van de Internationale Dag van de Slachtoffers van Gedwongen Verdwijningen.

BNM betuigden onze solidariteit met de talloze Baloch-slachtoffers die het slachtoffer zijn geworden van gedwongen verdwijningen en met hun families, die blijven wachten op antwoorden, gerechtigheid en de terugkeer van hun dierbaren.

📍 Utrecht, Nederland
📅 30 augustus 2026

Stop gedwongen verdwijningen. Gerechtigheid voor de slachtoffers.

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27/08/2026

Paank Documents 556 Enforced Disappearances and 227 Extrajudicial & Custodial Killings in During First Half of 2026

Paank strongly condemns the continued and systematic pattern of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, custodial executions, and collective punishment across Balochistan during the first six months of 2026.

According to Paank’s documentation, between January and June 2026, at least 556 people were forcibly disappeared, while 227 people were subjected to extrajudicial or custodial killings. A further 171 individuals were released or recovered during the same period. This amounts to an average of approximately 93 enforced disappearances and 38 killings every month.

The monthly figures demonstrate the persistent nature of these abuses. Enforced disappearances reached 109 cases in February and April, while killings rose sharply to 52 in May and 59 in June. These figures reflect not isolated incidents, but a continuing pattern of state repression affecting communities throughout Balochistan.

Paank’s documentation indicates that the Frontier Corps (FC) was implicated in more than half of the recorded disappearances, while other operations allegedly involved military intelligence agencies, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and state-backed armed groups. Victims were reportedly taken during late-night raids on homes, at checkpoints, from workplaces and educational institutions, and from public spaces.

Those targeted included students, teachers, labourers, tailors, fuel transporters, women, and children. The targeting of civilians, including minors, demonstrates the increasingly broad scope of this repression.

Paank is particularly alarmed by reports of custodial executions and staged encounters, in which individuals allegedly held in secret detention are later presented as militants killed in armed confrontations. Such practices, if established, constitute grave violations of international human rights law and the right to life.

The broader pattern also includes military operations involving helicopter bombardments, destruction and burning of homes, seizure of livestock, blockades, and prolonged telecommunications shutdowns, imposing collective punishment on entire communities.

Among the incidents documented during this period are the killing of academic Prof. Ghamkhwar Hayat Baloch, the judicial harassment and persecution of civil rights leaders including Dr. Mahrang Baloch, and the daytime shooting of minor Raahi Assa in Hoshab.

https://paank.org/paank-half-year-report-jan-jun-2026/