Islamabad, Aug 7 (ANI): Human Rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has urged the government to take prompt steps to save the lives of 10 detained and missing Baloch persons, who, it believes, face death risk.
The Express Tribune quoted the organization as saying that the ten men were taken to the custody on February 18, along with 19 others, during a Frontier Corps (FC) search operation in the town of Tutak, in Balochistan's Khuzdar district.
Of them, 18 have since been released while the body of Maqsood Qalandarani, an activist of the Baloch Student Organisation-Azad, was found in a sack in the Jabal-e-Noor area near Quetta on July 16.
Qalandarani appeared to have been tortured and Amnesty said it fears that the 10 remaining men face the same fate. Meanwhile, reports have suggested that the police discovered a note in Qalandarani's pockets, indicating that he was an 'agent of the Baloch Liberation Army'.
"Bullet-riddled bodies of abducted men, many showing signs of torture, are being found in increasing numbers across Balochistan and illustrate a growing trend of 'kill and dump' operations in the province," it added.
Between October 24, 2010 and May 31, 2011, Amnesty had recorded 73 enforced disappearances and 108 possible extra-judicial executions of Baloch activists, teachers, journalists and lawyers.
According to AI, at least 93 people out of the total 108 killed had been subjected to enforced disappearance. (ANI)
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