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Women in Pakistan’s Balochistan face rising enforced disappearances in 2025, with security forces abducting students, health workers, and activists, often at night, amid a crackdown on dissent.
Enforced disappearances of women in Pakistan’s Balochistan province have surged in 2025, with the Human Rights Council of Balochistan documenting nine cases involving students, health workers, and activists abducted by security forces including the CTD, Frontier Corps, and Military Intelligence.
The group says the targeting of women—often during nighttime raids—marks a shift from past patterns and reflects a systematic effort to suppress dissent, intimidate communities, and silence women-led advocacy.
Victims have reportedly faced torture and at least one custodial death, while legal remedies remain inaccessible and accountability absent.
International human rights organizations and local groups have condemned the trend as part of a broader campaign of repression, calling for urgent action to end the cycle of violence and impunity.
Las mujeres en el Balochistán de Pakistán enfrentan un aumento de desapariciones forzadas en 2025, con las fuerzas de seguridad secuestrando a estudiantes, trabajadores de la salud y activistas, a menudo de noche, en medio de una represión contra la disidencia.