Geneva, March 21 -- Niaz Baloch, Coordinator of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) Foreign Department and a Central Committee Member, highlighted the alarming human rights situation in Balochistan, during the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

In his intervention, Niaz called attention to the systematic repression of political dissent by the Pakistani state, citing severe violations of fundamental freedoms.

He stated that political organisations such as the Baloch Students Organisation-Azad (BSO-A) and the BNM continue to face relentless persecution, with their members being arbitrarily detained, harassed, and silenced.

"Enforced disappearances have become a systematic tool of oppression in Baloc...