"We can torture, kill, or keep you for years" : enforced disappearances by Pakistan security forces in Balochistan.
"We can torture, kill, or keep you for years" : enforced disappearances by Pakistan security forces in Balochistan. [electronic resource] Enforced disappearances by Pakistan security forces in Balochistan Pakistan, "we can torture, kill, or keep you for years" - New York : Human Rights Watch (HRW), 2011. - 1 PDF-file (132 p.) : map
"July 2011"--P. following t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Map of Balochistan -- Summary -- Key Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background: Conflict and Abuses in Balochistan -- Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan -- II. Enforced Disappearances under International and Domestic Law -- International Law -- Pakistani Law -- III. Enforced Disappearances and Related Abuses -- Perpetrators -- Victims -- Modus Operandi -- Secret Detention Facilities -- Fate of the "Disappeared" -- Torture and Ill-Treatment -- Extrajudicial Executions -- Prosecutions of the "Disappeared" -- Abuses against Relatives, Witnesses, and Released Detainees -- V. Pakistan's Response to Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan -- Duty to Investigate and the Right to Redress -- Duty to Investigate Enforced Disappearances -- Redress for Victims -- Response of National Authorities -- Failure of Police to Investigate "Disappearances" -- Weak Judicial Response to "Disappearances" -- Supreme Court of Pakistan -- Commission of Inquiry for Missing Persons -- VI. Recommendations -- To the Government of Pakistan and the Provincial Government of Balochistan -- Regarding Accountability for Enforced Disappearances -- Regarding Steps to Prevent Enforced Disappearances -- Regarding Legal Reform -- Regarding Working with the United Nations to Address Disappearances -- To the Commission of Inquiry for Missing Persons (CIMP) -- To Pakistan's International Partners, in Particular the United States, United Kingdom, and Other Countries Working with Pakistan's Security and Intelligence Agencies -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix I: Cases of Alleged Enforced Disappearances from Balochistan Documented by Human Rights Watch -- Appendix II. -- Appendix III.
"In recent years, hundreds of alleged members or supporters of Baloch militant groups have "disappeared" in Pakistan's western province of Balochistan. Despite hopes raised by Pakistan's return to civilian rule in 2008, the practice of enforced disappearances, in which the authorities take people into custody and then deny all responsibility or knowledge of their fate or whereabouts, has continued unchecked. Human Rights Watch earlier documented militant abuses in its report, "Their Future is at Stake." "We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years" is based on over 100 interviews conducted in Balochistan in 2010 and 2011. The majority of the 45 cases documented date from 2009-2010 and show that Pakistan's security forces, particularly its intelligence agencies and paramilitary Frontier Corps, have targeted ethnic Baloch suspected of involvement in the Baloch nationalist movement. Abductions were carried out in broad daylight, often in busy public areas, and in the presence of multiple witnesses. Members of the security forces did not identify themselves, explain the basis for arrest, or where they were taking those apprehended. Often they beat the victims, dragging them handcuffed and blindfolded into their vehicles. In all of the cases, the evidence suggests the victims were tortured in custody, including through beatings with sticks or leather belts, prolonged food and sleep deprivation, and being hung upside down. Enforced disappearances inflict unbearable cruelty not just on the victims, but on family members, who often wait years or decades to learn of their fate. Many cases result in the extrajudicial killing of the victims. Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to fulfill its obligation to investigate all "disappearance" cases and prosecute those responsible."--P. [4] of cover.
1564327868 (electronic bk.) 9781564327864 (electronic bk.)
human rights--violations--Pakistan
"July 2011"--P. following t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Map of Balochistan -- Summary -- Key Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background: Conflict and Abuses in Balochistan -- Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan -- II. Enforced Disappearances under International and Domestic Law -- International Law -- Pakistani Law -- III. Enforced Disappearances and Related Abuses -- Perpetrators -- Victims -- Modus Operandi -- Secret Detention Facilities -- Fate of the "Disappeared" -- Torture and Ill-Treatment -- Extrajudicial Executions -- Prosecutions of the "Disappeared" -- Abuses against Relatives, Witnesses, and Released Detainees -- V. Pakistan's Response to Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan -- Duty to Investigate and the Right to Redress -- Duty to Investigate Enforced Disappearances -- Redress for Victims -- Response of National Authorities -- Failure of Police to Investigate "Disappearances" -- Weak Judicial Response to "Disappearances" -- Supreme Court of Pakistan -- Commission of Inquiry for Missing Persons -- VI. Recommendations -- To the Government of Pakistan and the Provincial Government of Balochistan -- Regarding Accountability for Enforced Disappearances -- Regarding Steps to Prevent Enforced Disappearances -- Regarding Legal Reform -- Regarding Working with the United Nations to Address Disappearances -- To the Commission of Inquiry for Missing Persons (CIMP) -- To Pakistan's International Partners, in Particular the United States, United Kingdom, and Other Countries Working with Pakistan's Security and Intelligence Agencies -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix I: Cases of Alleged Enforced Disappearances from Balochistan Documented by Human Rights Watch -- Appendix II. -- Appendix III.
"In recent years, hundreds of alleged members or supporters of Baloch militant groups have "disappeared" in Pakistan's western province of Balochistan. Despite hopes raised by Pakistan's return to civilian rule in 2008, the practice of enforced disappearances, in which the authorities take people into custody and then deny all responsibility or knowledge of their fate or whereabouts, has continued unchecked. Human Rights Watch earlier documented militant abuses in its report, "Their Future is at Stake." "We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years" is based on over 100 interviews conducted in Balochistan in 2010 and 2011. The majority of the 45 cases documented date from 2009-2010 and show that Pakistan's security forces, particularly its intelligence agencies and paramilitary Frontier Corps, have targeted ethnic Baloch suspected of involvement in the Baloch nationalist movement. Abductions were carried out in broad daylight, often in busy public areas, and in the presence of multiple witnesses. Members of the security forces did not identify themselves, explain the basis for arrest, or where they were taking those apprehended. Often they beat the victims, dragging them handcuffed and blindfolded into their vehicles. In all of the cases, the evidence suggests the victims were tortured in custody, including through beatings with sticks or leather belts, prolonged food and sleep deprivation, and being hung upside down. Enforced disappearances inflict unbearable cruelty not just on the victims, but on family members, who often wait years or decades to learn of their fate. Many cases result in the extrajudicial killing of the victims. Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to fulfill its obligation to investigate all "disappearance" cases and prosecute those responsible."--P. [4] of cover.
1564327868 (electronic bk.) 9781564327864 (electronic bk.)
human rights--violations--Pakistan