Pakistan: "Disappearance"/Fear of torture and ill-treatment

Index Number: ASA 33/015/2006
Date Published: 4 May 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Pakistan

Two men, Abdul Rauf Sasoli and Saeed Brohi, who are leaders of a Baloch political party, the Jamhoori Watan (Republican National Party) were detained by the security forces in February and March respectively, and have not been seen or heard from since. The authorities have denied all knowledge, and they are feared to have "disappeared". They are in danger of torture.