Rights body VBMP demands immediate release of Baloch students amid widespread condemnation of enforced disappearances

Rights group condemns illegal arrest, disappearance of 3 in Agusan del Sur

A human rights group decried the detention of eight individuals and the disappearance of three others following a military and police operation in Agusan del Sur. In a statement, Karapatan Southern Mindanao said nine people — identified as Charisse Bernadine Bañez, Ronnie Igloria, Louvaine Erika Espina, Sinag Lugsi, Larry Montero, Daryl Man-Inday, Arjie Guino Dadizon, Grace Niknik Man-aning, and Leo Taba — along with two unnamed drivers were arr…

Rights body VBMP demands immediate release of Baloch students amid widespread condemnation of enforced disappearances

The Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has demanded the swift release of two Baloch students who have been unaccounted for more than two weeks following their reported detention by Pakistani security forces. Mahjabeen Baloch, a Library Science major at the University of Balochistan, and her brother Muhammad Younus Baloch, an engineering student at Khuzdar University, were allegedly apprehended in separate operations in late May. As per The …