𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻, 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 1. 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 Pakistani security forces have continued a pattern of widespread and systematic human rights violations in the Awaran region of Balochistan. In 2025 alone, the excessive militarization of this region has led to a grave escalation of violence, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, targeted assassinations by state-backed death squads, and custodial torture. Victims include civilians, students, government employees, and journalists, many of whom were forcibly abducted from their homes, only for their mutilated bodies to be discovered days or weeks later. This deliberate campaign of terror, intimidation, and repression points to a coordinated strategy of Baloch genocide and raises serious concerns under international human rights and humanitarian law. 2. 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 Over the past decade, Awaran has remained one of the most heavily militarized and besieged regions in Balochistan. Military operations have turned the entire district into a zone of surveillance, restriction, and impunity. Civilian movement is severely controlled. Entry into the district is reportedly prohibited without express approval by military checkpoints, and local residents live under an undeclared curfew after dusk. Access to essential services, including medical emergencies, requires prior approval from military cantonments. This has placed the lives and wellbeing of residents at the mercy of army personnel, who reportedly exercise unchecked power over the population. 3. 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 In the first half of 2025 alone, at least 46 individuals have reportedly been forcibly disappeared from Awaran, with their whereabouts remaining unknown. In addition, 24 individuals have been extrajudicially killed—either in military custody, by state-backed death squads, or in so-called “encounter” operations by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD). These numbers are likely higher, as poor communication infrastructure, widespread fear, and restrictions on information flow prevent timely or complete reporting. Particularly alarming is the emerging pattern of custodial killings. Individuals are often summoned to military camps for interrogation and later found dead, with their bodies recovered in or near their hometowns. Many of these killings follow a disturbingly similar sequence: the victim is abducted, held incommunicado, and then killed—without due process or legal accountability. 4. 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙆𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣, 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 2025 All victims were civilians from Awaran district, Balochistan. These cases represent only the confirmed and reported incidents; actual figures may be higher due to underreporting. 1. Pindok Son of Soomar, resident of Mazarabad, Mashkai tehsil • Abducted: January 14, 2025 • Killed: January 26, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces from his home. Subjected to severe torture during custody. His body was handed over to the family. 2. Saif Baloch Son of Latif Baloch, a driver from Mewar, Mashkai area • Abducted: February 27, 2025 • Body Found: March 26, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared from his home. His mutilated body was recovered a month later from the same area. Son of journalist Abdul Lateef, who himself was later killed. 3. Irshad Baloch Son of Wahid Bakhsh, a Sepai in Levies, resident of Shareeki, Mashkai • Abducted: February 27, 2025 • Body Found: March 26, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared from his home. Mutilated body recovered in his hometown. 4. Zaheer Baloch Son of Niaz Mohammad, resident of Mashkai • Abducted: February 27, 2025 • Body Found: March 26, 2025 • Details: Abducted by forces, tortured to death. His mutilated body was dumped in the same locality. 5. Hafeez Baloch Son of Ameen Baksh, resident of Shareeki, Mashkai • Abducted: Night of February 28, 2025 • Body Found: March 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared from his home. His mutilated body was found later. 6. Mehraj Niaz Son of Niaz Muhammad Baloch, resident of Shareeki, Mashkai • Abducted: February 28, 2025 • Killed: March 3, 2025 • Details: Detained by Pakistani forces, transferred to an army camp. Extrajudicially killed. 7. Kamran Baloch Son of Muhammad Alim Baloch, resident of Shareeki, Mashkai • Abducted: February 28, 2025 • Killed: March 3, 2025 • Details: Taken to a military camp. Extrajudicially killed in custody. 8. Momin Baloch Son of Aslam Baloch, resident of Shareeki, Mashkai • Abducted: February 28, 2025 • Killed: March 3, 2025 • Details: Forcibly taken and executed extrajudicially by Pakistani military forces. 9. Zahoor Ahmed Son of Hazoor Baksh • Abducted: Night of April 5, 2025 • Killed: April 6, 2025 • Details: Abducted and killed along with Shahnawaz and Habib. Their bodies were dumped together. 10. Shahnawaz • Abducted: April 5, 2025 • Killed: April 6, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared and executed along with Zahoor and Habib. 11. Habib Son of Eid Muhammad, resident of Mashkai • Abducted: April 5, 2025 • Killed: April 6, 2025 • Details: Killed in the same extrajudicial execution with Zahoor and Shahnawaz. 12. Nadir Baloch Resident of Kandari, Mashkai • Abducted: April 6, 2025 • Killed: April 7, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces; bullet-riddled body discovered the next day. 13. Touseef Son of Muhammad Azeem, resident of Malar, Awaran • Summoned: December 13, 2024 • Body Found: April 26, 2025 • Details: Summoned to a military camp and forcibly disappeared. Mutilated dead body recovered months later. 14. Rajid Baloch Son of Allah Dad, resident of Siyakal Malar • Killed: May 2, 2025 • Details: Target killed by state-backed death squads near the Druski River. Companion Naeem was severely beaten and released. 15. Younus Rasool Son of Rasool Bakhsh, resident of Malar Bangul Bazar, District Awaran • Killed: May 18, 2025 • Details: Forcibly disappeared during a midnight raid on May 17, 2025, by Pakistani military forces. During the operation, Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and state-backed militias (death squads) reportedly tortured, harassed, and threatened his family members. His mutilated body was found the following day, bearing visible signs of severe torture. 16. Sajid Baloch Son of Nasir Baloch, resident of Gushanag Kolwah • Abducted: May 20, 2025 • Killed: May 21, 2025 • Details: Abducted from home; body found dumped, showing signs of brutal torture. 17. Hanif Aziz Baloch Young Baloch civilian • Killed: Night of May 23, 2025 • Location: Jahoo Taboo Kad • Details: Extrajudicially killed by Pakistani security forces. 18. Ghous Bakhsh Son of Master Elahi Bakhsh, resident of Malar Kahn • Abducted: May 25, 2025 • Killed: May 26, 2025 • Details: Summoned to Malar army camp; body found in Vahli area, bullet-riddled. 19. Naeem Baloch Son of Sanjar Baloch • Killed: Night of May 26-27, 2025 • Details: During a raid in Malar Machhi, both Naeem and his aunt, Hoori were killed on the spot. Naeem’s mother, Dadi Baloch, was critically injured 20. Hoori Daughter of Qasim, Naeem’s Aunt • Killed: Night of May 26-27, 2025 • Details: During a raid in Malar Machhi, both Hoori & Naeem were killed on the spot. 21. Abdul Latif Son of Jan Mohammad, senior journalist from Mashkay • Killed: May 27, 2025 (approx. 3:00 AM) • Details: Brutally killed inside his home by Pakistani state-backed forces. 22. Abdul Aziz Son of Noor Muhammad, resident of Gushang, District Awaran • Killed: May 29, 2025 • Details: Summoned by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel to report to the Malar Army Camp. While en route, he was intercepted and extrajudicially killed by members of a state-backed death squad in the Cheel area. 23. Darman Baloch Son of Rahim Bakhsh, resident of Jahoo Chib • First Summoned: May 27, 2025 • Killed: May 30, 2025 • Details: Detained at army camp, briefly released, then re-abducted and executed. Mutilated body recovered from Kohro. 24. Sageer Ahmed Son of Basheer Ahmed, government employee, resident of Gwrjak Mashkai • Killed: May 30, 2025 • Details: Brutally shot dead by a state-backed death squad in the Shareeki area. 5. 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 These actions constitute serious violations under international human rights law, including: • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Pakistan is a party; • The Convention Against Torture; • And, where applicable, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, particularly in relation to crimes against humanity if patterns of abuse are proven systematic and widespread. The use of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, and state-sanctioned impunity represent a grave breach of Pakistan’s international obligations. These acts also severely undermine any claim of civilian governance and rule of law in Balochistan. 6. 𝙐𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 We urgently call on: • The United Nations Special Procedures, particularly the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, and the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, to immediately investigate the deteriorating situation in Balochistan. • The Government of Pakistan to immediately cease all enforced disappearances, dismantle state-sponsored death squads, and ensure access to legal remedies and independent investigations into all reported killings; • International human rights organizations and diplomatic actors to exert pressure on the state of Pakistan to comply with its human rights obligations and ensure accountability for violations. #stopbalochgenocide #releasebycleaders