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🔎 Who is BYC and why this matters

BYC is a Baloch civil-society / rights-advocacy group documenting enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and state repression in Balochistan.

Its leadership — including prominent women activists — has repeatedly faced arrests, detention, and harassment.

For example, Mahrang Baloch was arrested in March 2025 during a crackdown on a protest.


Because BYC tries to expose abuses and organize protests, its leaders — and thus the group — are under heavy pressure. This repression itself is one of the major challenges.
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📈 Escalating Scale: Disappearances, Killings & Crackdowns (2025 data)
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Even under conservative authentication, these numbers show a consistent and alarming pattern — enforced disappearances and killings remain frequent and widespread across many districts of Balochistan.

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🚺 Women and Girls: A Disturbing New Trend

In 2025, feminists and civil-society groups flagged specific cases: for instance, a 15-year-old girl Nasreen Baloch and a 24-year-old woman Mahjabeen Baloch were reportedly abducted — Nasreen from Hub in November, Mahjabeen from Quetta (hospital) in May.

At a 4 December 2025 press conference organised by Aurat March, activists demanded answers for Nasreen and Mahjabeen — and called out state intimidation of families working for justice.

The broader rights-monitoring reports leaked by BYC and others warn that women, girls, children and even differently-abled individuals are increasingly among the disappeared.


This emerging pattern is particularly alarming because it shows a shift: previously many efforts documented disappearances mostly among men (activists, labourers, students). The inclusion of women and minors marks an intensification and possible expansion of targeting strategies.

⚠️ Structural & Institutional Challenges

According to a joint human-rights statement from August 2025, many disappearances are never resolved; a significant number of whereabouts remain unknown, even after years.

The official body mandated to investigate disappearances — Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (COIED) — has documented over 10,500 cases from 2010 to August 2025. But activists and families argue that the real number is substantially higher, given lack of transparency, media restrictions, intimidation and fear.

According to recent critical reporting, the “kill-and-dump” method (i.e. abduction + extrajudicial killing + disposal of bodies without identification) is becoming increasingly common.

Peaceful protest, documentation or advocacy of rights e.g. by BYC or independent activists — is met by arrests, detentions under vague “public order” or anti-terror laws, harassment, and denial of legal rights.


Thus, even if families attempt to report a disappearance or demand accountability, the structural barriers — lack of transparency, oppressive laws, intimidation, and institutional impunity — make justice and truth extremely difficult to achieve.

🛑 What This Means for BYC Leaders & Baloch Women Activists

The activism space is shrinking. When leaders like Mahrang Baloch speak out, they risk immediate arrest, detention, forced charges under anti-terror laws, often without access to counsel or family, and under conditions described as harsh and unlawful.

Even women not actively involved — ordinary citizens, students, patients — are reportedly being abducted. This creates widespread fear across communities, discouraging families from speaking out or reporting disappearances.

Attempts by civil-society groups to publicly document or protest disappearances are met with intimidation, policing, or obstruction — even when organizing under peaceful or legal circumstances.


✅ What is (So Far) Known — What Remains Hidden / Unclear

Known:

Regular documentation by multiple rights groups (like Human Rights Council of Balochistan, BYC) confirms hundreds of enforced disappearances every few months.

Women and minors are increasingly among the victims — previously marginalized or less documented.

Activists demanding accountability continue to be detained, sometimes repeatedly, under legal frameworks widely viewed as repressive.


Unclear / Under-documented / Under-reported:

The true scale of disappearances over decades — because many cases likely go unreported due to fear, intimidation, or lack of access.

The fate of many currently missing persons: even when cases are registered, long-term tracing or recovery is rare, especially when state agencies are implicated.

Gender-specific data: there is still limited publicly available systematic data breaking down disappearances or killings by gender or age (especially for women and girls), which makes it hard to quantify precisely how many women have disappeared or been killed.

Effective accountability: despite the existence of formal mechanisms like COIED, there appears to be little to no justice, reparations, or closure for most families.