The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a photo exhibition outside the United Nations Office, highlighting enforced disappearances, collective punishment, and the human rights situation in Balochistan. The exhibition featured photographs highlighting the plight of forcibly disappeared persons and the suffering of their families.
The exhibition was part of BNM’s three-day Geneva campaign, held from 24 to 26 September, which also included a conference, protest, and rally. According to BNM, the campaign aimed to highlight the situation in Balochistan at the international level and bring evidence of enforced disappearances to the attention of international institutions.
The BNM spokesperson said that enforced disappearance in Balochistan is not merely a claim or a statistic, but a painful reality affecting thousands of families. According to the spokesperson, the photographs displayed at the exhibition represent families who have been waiting for years for the return of their loved ones and for answers about their whereabouts.
The spokesperson said that despite protests by the families of enforcedly disappeared , the long march by Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, and prolonged hunger strikes in Balochistan, no effective action has been taken internationally on the issue. They said that BNM’s global campaign is an effort to bring this question, in the form of documentation and photographic evidence, to an international platform such as the United Nations.
They said that many of the children who joined Mama Qadeer’s long march in search of their parents have now grown up, while some of them have themselves faced enforced disappearance and state pressure.
Referring to Dr Mahrang Baloch, the spokesperson said that she raised her voice against the enforced disappearance of her father when she was a young girl and has now become a prominent voice for Baloch rights. They said that she has faced cases for her struggle for Baloch rights and was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2026 in a false case.
The spokesperson also referred to the family of BNM Chairman Dr Naseem Baloch. According to the spokesperson, Dr Naseem Baloch’s father, Muhammad Bakhsh Sajidi, his uncle Naeem Sajidi, and his maternal uncle, Engineer Rafiq Baloch, were forcibly disappeared after being detained by the Pakistan Army during raids on their homes in Hub on 2 February 2026. Their whereabouts remain unknown. The issue has also been raised in an Early Day Motion in the British Parliament.
The spokesperson said that despite all these difficulties, the Baloch nation remains steadfast in its political struggle and freedom movement. They said that the photo exhibition is an expression of this steadfastness and of the sacrifices that the Baloch nation is making for their freedom.
Through the exhibition in Geneva, BNM presented photographs of victims of enforced disappearances to international institutions and the international community, and called for the human rights situation in Balochistan to be taken seriously at the global level.