Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sammi Deen Baloch has condemned the recent extrajudicial killing of four forcibly disappeared Baloch youths in Mashkay, district Awaran, calling it the “most horrifying form of state terrorism.”
In a post on X, Sammi Deen said Pakistani forces raided a village in Shareeki, Mashkay on 28 February, detaining eight youths in front of their families. Human rights organizations have also reported on this incident.
According to Ms. Baloch, on 1 March, families went to the Mashkay Nali Army Camp seeking their release, where an officer admitted the group was in custody but promised they would be released. However, in the early hours of Monday, four of them—identified as Kamran Aleem, Meraj, Momin Aslam, and Hafeez—were executed, and their bodies were dumped in a remote area.
Ms. Baloch said the families discovered the bullet-riddled remains on their way to the army camp later that morning. The other four detainees remain unaccounted for. She condemned these actions, arguing that neither the “mainstream media nor those in power appear concerned about such atrocities.
Meanwhile, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), in a separate statement, also condemned the killings, calling the incident “a heinous act of state terrorism.” The group said nine individuals were originally detained on 28 February, with five still in the illegal custody of Pakistani forces. Their lives, BYC warned, are in grave danger.
According to the BYC, Balochistan is currently experiencing an “alarming surge in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and a systematic genocide targeting Baloch identity.” The statement claimed the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies are engaged in an organized effort to detain, torture, and kill Baloch youths, labeling them as terrorists in staged encounters.
The BYC alleged that dozens of Baloch people have been killed in this manner within the first two months of the year alone. It underscored the painful reality of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, where most abducted individuals “never return,” while others are eventually found with mutilated remains or are released after enduring “extreme torture.”
The BYC urged global human rights organizations to “break their silence” over “Baloch genocide,” warning of catastrophic consequences for the region if such practices are not halted.
