Gone Missing: HRCP calls for recovery of social activist

 

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the suspected enforced disappearance of social activist Abdul Wahid Baloch, who he was travelling from Mirpurkhas to Karachi on July 26. “HRCP is alarmed over the reported enforced disappearance of Baloch,” said a statement issued by the commission on Saturday. “The proximity of the place to the police station and the check-post and the manner of his abduction lend support to the family’s contention that he has become a victim of enforced disappearance. The continued reports of citizens being whisked away by law enforcement personnel are exceedingly worrisome for the people and must be brought to an end forthwith. HRCP believes that the despicable practice can be ended only by taking away impunity for the perpetrators.”

Published in The Express Tribune, August 7^th, 2016.