Alarm bells are ringing in Balochistan as the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) documents the enforced vanishing and torture-killing of two farmers, symptomatic of rampant civilian targeting by security forces. These February horrors demand urgent global response.
Vigilant farmer Taimoor, 26, was abducted February 9 in Surab. His tortured body, held in secret custody, was later dumped—clear defiance of international standards like the ICCPR’s life protections and anti-torture conventions.
In tandem, 31-year-old Murtaza fell into Frontier Corps hands at an FC post, arrested arbitrarily without charges or family notification. Recovered on February 20, his corpse echoed the brutality of prior cases.
BYC has alerted UN mechanisms, indicting state actors and seeking his fate’s clarification alongside thorough probes. The group laments 19 confirmed extrajudicial slays this month, amid unverified others.
Intimidation cripples families and media, burying truths. Youth, elders, laborers—none are safe from snatch-and-kill operations devoid of accountability.
‘These crimes erode Baloch existence, breeding endless fear across households,’ BYC proclaimed. With formal cases scarce due to repression, the plea to the UN and allies is clear: intervene for independent justice and an end to impunity.