Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan: April Bi-Weekly Report

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Balochistan is currently going through what many analysts have called a “human catastrophe” – enforced disappearances show no signs of decline, thousands of Baloch missing persons have not yet returned home, and unidentified dead bodies keep surfacing at random locations. The Balochistan Post compiled a list of the people who were “forcibly disappeared” from different areas of Balochistan in the first two weeks of April. 

In total, 24 people went missing from Balochistan in the first half of April. Additionally, 12 people were released, and one dead body was discovered. 

The enforced disappearances were reported from:

  • Karachi: 7
  • Turbat: 6
  • Khuzdar: 5
  • Quetta: 3
  • Kalat: 1
  • Panjgur: 1
  • Kharan: 1

A dead body was also found in Turbat

Details of the victims of enforced disappearances

  • Javed Zehri: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar on April 1. Later released
  • Sageer Baloch: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 3. Later released
  • Sabir: Forcibly disappeared from Gwadar on March 10, 2022. Later released on April 5, 2023
  • Sawal: forcibly disappeared from Kalat on April 5. Still missing
  • Ali Hasan Zehri: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar on April 1. Still missing
  • Akhtar: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 3. Still missing
  • Muzahir Zakir: Forcibly disappeared from Panjgur on March 4. Later released
  • Abrar Jattak: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar on April 6. Still missing
  • Aziz Mazar Zai: Forcibly disappeared from Kharan on April 2. Still missing
  • Rahem Dil: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on March 23. Later released on April 3
  • Hashum Domki: Forcibly disappeared from Sibi on February 1, 2022. Later released on April 5, 2023
  • Waris: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on March 27, 2022. Later released
  • Shahzad: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar on April 6. Still missing
  • Ameer: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Habib Badeni: Forcibly disappeared from Noshki. Later released
  • Shoaib: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 10. Still missing
  • Jalil: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar on April 6. Still missing
  • Jalal: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Later released
  • Atiq: Forcibly disappeared from Khuzdar in 2017. Released in April
  • Tahir: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 10. Later released
  • Hayat: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Zahir: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 10. Still missing
  • Ahmed Nazeer: Forcibly disappeared from Turbat on April 10. Later released
  • Baba Murad: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Waris: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Sarfaraz: Forcibly disappeared from Quetta on March 6. Still missing
  • Asif: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Sher Zaman: Forcibly disappeared from Karachi on April 10. Still missing
  • Wali: Forcibly disappeared from Kalat on October 20, 2022. Released in April
  • Shoaib: Forcibly disappeared from Quetta on April 13. Still missing.
SourceTBP

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