State-Sponsored Violence & the Violation of Dignity in Balochistan

By Lateef Johar Baloch & Joshua Bowes Introduction Balochistan is an understudied and underreported region of the world, caught in a violent inter-state conflict. The Baloch people, an ethnic group homing and tied culturally to Balochistan for centuries, have been a minority in Pakistan’s administrative boundaries since 1948. Neighboring Iran also has a province within the…

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Balochistan Security Profile An assessment of the security processes in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province – Joint Publication LondonPolitica/SAFN

SAFN Research Assistant Josh Bowes and researchers at London Politica published the Balochistan Security Profile, analysing an uptick in #militant and #separatist violence in #Pakistan’s largest province. A rising trend of violence threatens regional security as well as #Chinese investment under the banner of #CPEC. Download the report from here.

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