Pakistan Long March Ignored by Media Families of Baloch missing persons march (and march) in a desperate bid to draw attention to their plight. About twenty families in Balochistan province of Pakistan are on a
journey of protest from one city to another, calling on the government
of Pakistan, the UN and the international community to address the issue
of Baloch missing persons. But who is listening? Says one of the female
marchers, whose husband was abducted in 2010, “The media has been
ignoring us. The whole point of this march is to raise the issue of our
missing brothers, but how is that possible if the media ignores us? How
can we get our message through? The negligence is astonishing.” The Voice for Baloch Missing Person (VBMP) organized the march, which
started in Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan and will culminate as
a sit-in in Karachi, the capital of Sind. The march, in which the
families will cover 730 km on foot, is an attempt to highlight the
issue. But for the first 25 days of the march, which is still ongoing,
Pakistani media has been largely ignoring the protestors, which some
editors confess is due to fears of reprisal. The marchers are expected
to reach Karachi in a few days.
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