The global campaign of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) continues to highlight Pakistan’s ongoing heinous crimes against humanity, its anti-Baloch policies, and its barbaric collective punishment of the Baloch nation in occupied Balochistan.
Today, BNM’s US chapter, distributed leaflets in public spaces to raise awareness and share factual information about the suffering endured by the people of occupied Balochistan. Even in the 21st century, these injustices are taking place in full view of the democratic world and the international community due to Pakistan’s illegal occupation. Pakistan continues to maintain its control over Balochistan through systematic crimes, including collective punishment against the Baloch people.
Pakistan has carried out widespread violence, including the killing of Baloch men and women, intellectuals, professors, lawyers, doctors, teachers, human rights defenders, farmers, shepherds, and students. Even young children, including seven-year-olds, have not been spared. Thousands of Baloch individuals have been subjected to enforced disappearances and are currently held in the illegal custody of Pakistan’s armed forces in undisclosed detention centers.
Relatives of Baloch political activists and journalists are also targeted under Pakistan’s ongoing anti-Baloch policies of collective punishment. On February 2, 2026, the elderly father of BNM Chairman Mohammad Bakhsh Sajidi Baloch, his brother Mr. Naeem Sajidi Baloch, along with a cousin, were forcibly abducted by Pakistani forces from Hub city. Their whereabouts and well-being remain unknown.
On May 29, 2025, a physically disabled girl, Miss Mahjabeen Baloch, was forcibly disappeared from Civil Hospital Quetta. Mr. Latif Baloch, a writer and well-known journalist, a cousin of Dr. Naseem Baloch was killed by Pakistani forces in Mashkai, district Awaran.
In occupied Balochistan, even peaceful leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), who advocate for human rights and represent the voices of the oppressed, have been unlawfully detained. They are being held incommunicado and tried by unknown judges without access to legal counsel, in clear violation of fundamental human rights. These crimes against human rights defenders are carried out under the direction of the Pakistan Army.
Balochistan is a country that has endured various forms of barbarism under Pakistan’s illegal occupation. People living along the coastline and in resource-rich areas have been forcibly displaced at gunpoint. According to various reports, thousands have been killed in so-called military operations, aimed at controlling Baloch national wealth and exploiting natural resources through military force.
Today, BNM activists in the United States distributed leaflets to inform the public in one of the world’s leading democracies about the suffering and pain of the people of occupied Balochistan. The aim is to expose the true face of the Pakistani state, its crimes against humanity and its repressive policies, which have continued for more than two decades.
As part of this awareness campaign, activities have been carried out across multiple states and educational institutions in the United States, including Washington, D.C.; the state of Massachusetts, particularly in Boston; Cambridge; Harvard University; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Framingham; Waltham in Middlesex County; the state of Virginia, including its capital Richmond; as well as Woodbridge, Lorton, and Alexandria.
Footages:
https://thebnm.org/footages/24526/
