Vice-Chair of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2014-029-002
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2014
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 30.375321

Longitude: 69.3451159999999

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Pakistan
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
4 April 2014
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

Vice-Chair of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons

Type of rights defended
  • Civil/political rights
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

meeting with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during its visit to Pakistan

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Special Procedures: thematic
Dates of engagement
September 2012
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
after September 2012 meeting
Reprisal information

When they attempted to register a First Information Report with the police, the station house officer reportedly refused to act.

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
Alleged/likely perpetrators
Unclear
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0