Archive · 15 Sep 2025
Balochistan: New Disappearances Amidst Ongoing Protests
In Balochistan, people are disappearing, including a journalist.
While some previously missing individuals have been released, others remain missing.
Families are protesting in Islamabad and Karachi, seeking the safe return of their loved ones.
These protests have been going on for months, with families facing challenges like harassment.
The families are standing up against a long-standing issue of enforced disappearances and are determined to keep fighting.
A journalist, Sher Khan Marri, was reportedly arrested and disappeared in Sibi.
Three individuals previously missing from Tump were released, but one remains missing.
Families are protesting enforced disappearances in Islamabad for over two months.
Protesters in Islamabad have faced hardships including camp dismantlement and media blockage.
A separate protest is ongoing in Karachi led by the family of a missing student.
- Who
- Baloch families, journalist Sher Khan Marri, and human rights organizations
- What
- Protests against enforced disappearances and demands for safe recovery of the missing
- When
- Ongoing for over two months in Islamabad and over 40 days in Karachi
- Where
- Balochistan (Kohlu, Tump, Kech), Islamabad, Karachi
- Why
- To demand justice, accountability, and the release of the missing.
Families & Activists
Government (Implied)
Enforced Disappearances
Families & Activists
Condemn enforced disappearances, demand accountability, and the safe return of the missing.
Government (Implied)
Implied silence or inaction on addressing disappearances.
- Recent Disappearances
- Journalist Sher Khan Marri
- Missing Persons Released
- Mujeeb, Amjad, Waleed, and Asad Usman Baloch
- Ongoing Protests
- Islamabad (2+ months), Karachi (40+ days)
- Protest Issues
- Enforced disappearances, release of missing
- Karachi Protest Leader
- Family of Zahid Ali Baloch
