Enforced Disappearances by Pakistan Security Forces in Balochistan
The 132-page report documents dozens of enforced disappearances, in which the authorities take people into custody and then deny all responsibility or knowledge of their fate or whereabouts. The report details 45 alleged cases of enforced disappearances, the majority in 2009 and 2010. While hundreds of people have been forcibly disappeared in Balochistan since 2005, dozens of new enforced disappearances have occurred since Pakistan returned to civilian rule in 2008.
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ISBN: 1-56432-786-8
ISBN: 1-56432-786-8
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- “We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years”
- Map of Balochistan
- Summary
- Methodology
- I. Background: Conflict and Abuses in Balochistan
- II. Enforced Disappearances under International and Domestic Law
- III. Enforced Disappearances and Related Abuses
- V. Pakistan’s Response to Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan
- VI. Recommendations
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix I: Cases of Alleged Enforced Disappearances from Balochistan Documented by Human Rights Watch
- Appendix II: Letter to Chief Minister Balochistan
- Appendix III: Letter to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani








