Baloch activist declares ‘long march’, families of missing persons to join the march

NEW DELHI: Mama Qadeer Baloch, the well-known Baloch activist fighting for the cause of missing persons, has decided to internationalise the issue of forced abductions by the Pakistan government by announcing a walk from Balochistan to Geneva. Joining him on the march will be the families of missing persons who have been abducted by Pakistan.

Mama Qadeer, the Vice-Chairman of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), said in a video on Twitter that he will organise “a long march from Balochistan to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland”, to support the recovery of thousands of missing Baloch people who have been abducted by the Pakistani Army and spy agencies.

The doughty Baloch campaigner has led one of the longest hunger strikes in the world at the Karachi Press Club to press Islamabad to locate missing persons kidnapped by government agencies.

He had earlier also completed a march from Quetta to Karachi, covering more than 2,000 km in October 2014 to highlight the growing concern of missing persons and dead bodies.

His route for the “long march” starts from Balochistan and winds through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Italy to culminate at the UN offices in Switzerland. Mama Qadeer has planned his programme. (IANS)

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