CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.hrw.org:80/reports/2011/07/28/we-can-torture-kill-or-keep-you-years","20121011004932","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1349916572"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>“We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years” | Human Rights Watch</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/07/28/we-can-torture-kill-or-keep-you-years"/> <meta name="keywords" content="Asia,Pakistan,Detention without Trial,Police Brutality,Human Rights Defenders,Torture"/> <meta name="copyright" content="Human Rights Watch"/> <meta name="description" content="The 132-page report documents dozens of enforced disappearances, in which the authorities take people into custody and then deny all responsibility or knowledge of their fate or whereabouts. The report details 45 alleged cases of enforced disappearances, the majority in 2009 and 2010."/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/web/20121011004932cs_/http://www.hrw.org/modules/search/search.css?4"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/web/20121011004932cs_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/advagg_css/css_6d126bf0b99db5f01306be33046f88c9_0.css"/>   <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20121011004932js_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/advagg_js/js_706cc28b0b7e6bab0909adf1a6dfa280_2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> <meta name="robots" content="noarchive"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Human Rights Watch - News" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/en/rss/news"> </head> <body class="hrw not-front not-logged-in page-node node-type-report-synopsis one-sidebar sidebar-right i18n-en node-page publications sidebar-right"> <div id="header"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/" class="logo">HRW</a> <div class="right"> <div class="top clear-block"> <div class="i18n"><ul class="links"><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/ar">العربية</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/zh-hans">中文</a></li><li class="active"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/en">English</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/fr">Français</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/de">Deutsch</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/he">עברית</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/ja">日本語</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/ru">Русский</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/es">Español</a></li><li class="last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/languages">More +</a></li></ul></div> <div class="personas"><ul class="links"> <li class="last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/get-involved">Get Involved</a></li> </ul></div> <div id="sm_links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.twitter.com/hrw"><img src="/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/twitter.gif"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.youtube.com/humanrightswatch"><img src="/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/youtube.gif"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.facebook.com/humanrightswatch"><img src="/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/facebook.gif"></a><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/rss"><img src="/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/all/themes/hrw/images/rss.gif"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="limiter nav clear-block"> <ul class="links"> <li class="first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a></li> </ul> <ul class="donate links"> <li class="last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/https://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.7885413/k.8B47/Donate_Now_v5/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=nav">Donate</a></li> </ul> <div class="search"><form action="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/search/apachesolr_search" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="search-form" class="search-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-keys-wrapper"> <label for="edit-keys">Enter your keywords: </label> <div class="container-inline"><div class="form-item" id="edit-keys-wrapper"> <input type="text" maxlength="255" name="keys" id="edit-keys" size="40" value="" class="form-text"/> </div> <input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit-1" value="Search" class="form-submit"/> </div><div class="form-item" id="edit-apachesolr-search-detach-auto-language-filter-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-apachesolr-search-detach-auto-language-filter"><input type="checkbox" name="apachesolr_search[detach_auto_language_filter]" id="edit-apachesolr-search-detach-auto-language-filter" value="1" class="form-checkbox"/> Search all languages</label> </div> <input type="hidden" name="apachesolr_search[queryvalues]" id="edit-apachesolr-search-queryvalues" value="[]"/> <input type="hidden" name="apachesolr_search[get]" id="edit-apachesolr-search-get" value="[]"/> </div> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-7916a2d52c6cd09de1fc580571f82206" value="form-7916a2d52c6cd09de1fc580571f82206"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-search-form" value="search_form"/> </div></form> </div> </div> <div id="subnav" class="limiter clear-block"> <div id="section-title"> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> </div> <div class="subnav"><ul class="menu"><li class="leaf first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/75141" title="">Methodology</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/publications/reports" title="">Reports</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012" title="World Report 2012">World Report 2012</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/79288" title="">Previous World Reports</a></li> <li class="leaf last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/ec/category.asp?c=dhLOK6PGLoF&b=3444291&en=ewJ0IeNPJkKYK5MPKeK0IdOPImL0JhNaLoL1LnM7ImK0LkM4I" title="">Store</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="page"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="sidebar sidebar-right"> <div id="block-views-sidebar-block_2" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-sidebar view-id-sidebar view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-copy-image-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://hrw.kintera.org/give?msource=homeban"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media/images/copy/banner_donate_new2.jpg" width="322" height="70" class="imagefield imagefield-field_copy_image"/></a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><iframe style="margin:0px !important;padding:0px !important;" width="100%" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="/web/20121011004932if_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/email-signup/email-signupv3.html" height="70" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-copy-image-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/voices-for-justice"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media/images/copy/2011voices_for_justice.gif" width="322" height="127" class="imagefield imagefield-field_copy_image"/></a></span> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-copy-image-fid"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/about/fellowships"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media/images/copy/banner_fellowship_1.gif" width="322" height="100" class="imagefield imagefield-field_copy_image"/></a></span> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-sidebar-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-sidebar view-id-sidebar view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-2"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><iframe width="322" height="181" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/_s_qMArV0LE?autohide=1&wmode=transparent&;showinfo=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><iframe width="322" height="181" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/pNY8QovO7f0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main" class="clear-block"> <div class="page-tools"> <div class="clear-block"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="print_html first"></li> <li class="share last"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="content" class="clear-block">  <div class="node node-page ntype-report_synopsis"> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-reportsynopsis-cover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-200x/media/images/report-covers/pakistan07114inch.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-200x imagecache-default imagecache-scale-200x_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="header"> <h6 class="node-title">  <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/07/28/we-can-torture-kill-or-keep-you-years" title="“We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years”">“We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years”</a> </h6> </div> <h6 class="node-subtitle">Enforced Disappearances by Pakistan Security Forces in Balochistan</h6> <div class="info"> <div class="meta date"> <span class="created">July 28, 2011</span> </div> </div> <div class="content filter-text"> <div class="node-body"><p>The 132-page report documents dozens of enforced disappearances, in which the authorities take people into custody and then deny all responsibility or knowledge of their fate or whereabouts. The report details 45 alleged cases of enforced disappearances, the majority in 2009 and 2010. While hundreds of people have been forcibly disappeared in Balochistan since 2005, dozens of new enforced disappearances have occurred since Pakistan returned to civilian rule in 2008.</p> </div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/28/pakistan-security-forces-disappear-opponents-balochistan">Read the Press Release</a></div><div class="more"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/07/25/we-can-torture-kill-or-keep-you-years">Read the Report</a><br> ISBN: 1-56432-786-8</div> </div> </div> <div id="content-blocks"> <div id="block-tic-report_download" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title">Get the Report</h6> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/pakistan0711WebInside.pdf">Download the report</a> <span class="meta">(PDF, 1.13 MB)</span></li> <li class="last last"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://www.kintera.org/site/apps/ka/ec/product.asp?c=dhLOK6PGLoF&b=3444291&en=efLPJOPrGbJCJMMqH5JBKMOrFfJWIYOvFaIEIUPDLnKXKaI&ProductID=976541">Purchase this report in print</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div id="block-xslt_book-1" class="block"> <h6 class="block-title"></h6> <div class="item-list"><ul class="xslt-book"> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/1">“We Can Torture, Kill, or Keep You for Years”</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/2">Map of Balochistan</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/3">Summary</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/4">Methodology</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/5">I. Background: Conflict and Abuses in Balochistan</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/6">II. Enforced Disappearances under International  and Domestic Law</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/7">III. Enforced Disappearances and Related Abuses</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/8">V. Pakistan’s Response to Enforced  Disappearances in Balochistan</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/9">VI. Recommendations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/10">Acknowledgements</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/11">Appendix I: Cases of Alleged Enforced Disappearances from Balochistan Documented by Human Rights Watch</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/12">Appendix II: Letter to Chief Minister Balochistan</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/node/100307/section/13">Appendix III: Letter to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/https://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.7885413/k.8B47/Donate_Now_v5/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=nav">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. Africa</a></li> <li class="last last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/united-states">United States</a></li> </ul></div><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/browse_by_country">Browse by Country</a></strong></div><div class="col-right clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topics">Browse by Topic</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/category/topic/arms">Arms</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/business">Business</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/childrens-rights">Children's Rights</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/counterterrorism">Counterterrorism</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/disability-rights">Disability Rights</a></li> <li class="last last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/environment">Environment</a></li> </ul></div><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/esc-rights">ESC Rights</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/free-speech">Free Speech</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/health">Health</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/international-justice">International Justice</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights">LGBT Rights</a></li> <li class="last last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/migrants">Migrants</a></li> </ul></div><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/refugees">Refugees</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/terrorism">Terrorism</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/torture">Torture</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/united-nations">United Nations</a></li> <li class="last last"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/topic/womens-rights">Women's Rights</a></li> </ul></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sub-footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/sitemap" class="footer">Site Map</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/privacy" class="footer">Privacy Policy</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/corrections" class="footer">Corrections</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20121011004932/http://www.hrw.org/permissions" class="footer">Permissions</a></div> <div class="footer-message"> © Copyright 2012, Human Rights Watch </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var _sf_async_config=Drupal.settings.chartbeat; (function(){ function loadChartbeat() { window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime(); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004932/https://s3.amazonaws.com/" : "http://") + "static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js"); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); </script><script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20121011004932js_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/advagg_js/js_fb159dffecff87923d54d37d385ca2fa_0.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> </body> </html>