Archive · 2 Jun 2025
Pakistani State Targets Baloch Women with Enforced Disappearances
Imagine the police taking people away and nobody knows where they are.
This is happening to women in Balochistan, a place in Pakistan.
The government and security forces are taking women, which is part of a bigger problem where people are taken and not seen again.
This is especially happening since a woman named Mahrang Baloch was arrested.
These actions are meant to stop people from speaking out against the government.
This is a very serious issue, and many people are worried about it.
Now, the government is specifically targeting Baloch women, which is a disturbing trend, according to human rights groups.
Pakistani security forces are increasingly targeting Baloch women.
Mahjabeen Baloch was abducted in Quetta in late May.
This trend follows the detention of Mahrang Baloch.
Enforced disappearances have been used to suppress the Baloch nationalist movement.
Human rights groups estimate thousands of disappearances since 2004.
- Who
- Mahjabeen Baloch, other Baloch women, and the Pakistani government and its security forces.
- What
- Pakistani security forces are increasingly targeting Baloch women through enforced disappearances.
- When
- Mahjabeen Baloch was abducted in late May 2025. The trend has increased since March.
- Where
- Balochistan, Pakistan.
- Why
- To suppress dissent and the Baloch nationalist movement.
- Victim
- Mahjabeen Baloch, 24
- Incident
- Forced disappearance
- Location
- Quetta, Balochistan
- Perpetrators
- Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies
- Related
- Arrest of Mahrang Baloch