Baloch: Concerned over the disappearances of women, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee
Baloch: The people in Balochistan has been urged to mobilize against what the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) describes as an increasing pattern of enforced disappearances that harm Baloch women. The Balochistan Post (TBP) claimed that Sabiha Baloch, the group’s senior leader, issued a statement urging the Baloch people to speak out against these activities.
Sabiha Baloch emphasized in a video message posted on Sunday that enforced disappearances in Balochistan are increasingly affecting Baloch women in addition to males and young activists. She pointed out that according to the TBP report, several women, including an eight-month pregnant lady, two young people with disabilities, and a mother with her kid, had allegedly been removed by force by Pakistani military, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), and intelligence services in recent days.
Sabiha denounced the kidnapping of a pregnant lady, calling it a crime against humanity as well as a serious injustice. She said that the targeting of women has increased the anguish of families already impacted by such measures and represents a concerning escalation in governmental policies.
She said that in protest of the forced disappearances of Baloch women, the BYC is starting a five-day campaign. As part of the effort, Sabiha said, an online petition calling for justice and a stop to enforced disappearances will be launched. The campaign materials, testimony, and experiences of victims, activists, students, authors, and relatives of the missing will be disseminated internationally via social media. She said that the campaign would also use visual art, poetry, literature, music, and art to highlight what she described as alleged tyranny and cruelty by the state in connection with enforced disappearances. In order to draw attention to the predicament of Baloch women and demand accountability, nonviolent demonstrations and symbolic acts will also be planned. A webinar including activists, relatives of the missing, and voices from around Balochistan will mark the campaign’s conclusion.
Sabiha Baloch emphasized the importance of all voices in her closing comments and warned that keeping quiet only helps injustice. According to TBP, she urged the Baloch community to unite and speak out against what she saw as persistent injustice.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee, in a separate statement, cited what they described as a dramatic upsurge in the enforced disappearances of Baloch women and reaffirmed the commencement of the same five-day campaign on December 22. As noted in the TBP study, the organization described this trend as a dangerous deepening of systematic policy and warned that such behaviors are becoming normalized, causing significant social and psychological harm.
According to the TBP report, the BYC statement cited a number of recent incidents involving allegedly missing Baloch women, including students and minors, and stated that the campaign’s goals are to record these experiences, spark public opposition, and draw attention to the issue on a national and international level through petitions, testimonies, artistic expression, symbolic protests, and an online webinar at the end of the campaign.