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Baloch Group Urges Global Action Over Rights Abuses in Pakistan
The Baloch National Movement held a protest in Geneva.
The protesters said people in Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan are facing serious human rights problems.
They accused Pakistani forces and authorities of making people disappear and killing some people without trials.
They also said political activists had been sentenced in cases they described as fabricated.
Representatives from Sindh, the Pashtun community, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir joined the protest.
The group said the problems affect more than just the Baloch people.
It asked the United Nations and other countries to pay attention.
BNM said it had also held a similar protest in New York.
The Baloch National Movement held a protest outside the United Nations Office in Geneva.
Speakers accused Pakistani authorities of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and prosecutions in fabricated cases.
The campaign also highlighted alleged abuses affecting Sindhis, Pashtuns, Kashmiris and people in Gilgit-Baltistan.
BNM cited reported disappearances and killings in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including more than 3,500 disappearances in Sindh.
The group urged the United Nations and international community to take immediate action over Balochistan’s human rights situation.
- Who
- The Baloch National Movement, joined by representatives from Sindh, the Pashtun community, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- What
- A protest calling for international action over alleged enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, human rights violations and prosecutions of political activists.
- Where
- Outside the United Nations Office at the Broken Chair monument in Geneva, Switzerland.
- When
- Sunday, during the BNM’s September 2026 Geneva campaign; the article does not provide an exact date.
- Why
- To draw international attention to the alleged worsening human rights situation in Balochistan and other regions of Pakistan.
Key facts
- Organiser
- Baloch National Movement (BNM)
- Geneva venue
- Outside the United Nations Office at the Broken Chair monument
- Campaign
- BNM’s September 2026 Geneva campaign
- Reported Sindh figures
- More than 3,500 enforced disappearances and more than 100 extrajudicial killings, according to speakers
- Reported Khyber Pakhtunkhwa figures
- More than 100 nationalist activists allegedly remain forcibly disappeared, while the number of ordinary citizens was said to be four times higher
- Key demands
- An end to enforced disappearances and international action by the United Nations and broader international community
- Related protest
- BNM previously protested outside the United Nations headquarters in New York while Shehbaz Sharif addressed the UN General Assembly
Quotes
BNM protest speakers
Speakers addressing the Baloch National Movement rally in Geneva
“Balochistan has been turned into a military cantonment, and all freedoms and legal rights of the local people have been taken away”
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“thousands of people are being abducted, thousands are being killed, and bodies are being thrown onto the streets”
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