London: A large protest was held outside 10 Downing Street on August 30, 2026, marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, hosted by the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM). Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun, Kashmiri, Saraiki, Gilgiti and Baltistani participants travelled from across the United Kingdom to join the demonstration.
Ahead of the protest, a delegation representing JSFM, VMPS, BNM and other groups submitted a memorandum at 10 Downing Street. Protesters carried placards and banners demanding the release and recovery of political activists and ordinary citizens they alleged had been forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani state, calling for an immediate end to the practice.
Speakers at the event included Sohail Abro, JSFM chairman, Mansoor Ahmed Hab, JSFM spokesperson, Sarang Hyder, coordinator of the Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh Europe Chapter (VMPS-EU); Sajjad Raja, chairman of the National Equity Party (JKGBL), Jasim Baloch, representing the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Mohd Usama Soomro, JSFM UK coordinator, Mansoor Jan of the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), T. Ahmed, representing the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and representatives from UKPNP, the World Sindhi Congress and various Kashmiri and Gilgit-Baltistan organizations, including Tiqa Khan Tahir, Kamran Jatoi, Sanam Rashid, Kaniz Fatima, Sain Manzoor, Shafiq Ilyas and M. Akhriaz.
Speakers said the human rights situation in Pakistan is deteriorating, alleging that agencies including the ISI, MI, CTD, FIA, Levies, Rangers, FC and the Army have been involved in the abduction of political and human rights activists as well as ordinary citizens. They named Ustad Qamber Wahid, Ali Wazir, Dr. Mahrang Baloch and Sohail Raza Bhatti among thousands of others they said remain missing from Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and other regions.
The protesters called on the British Prime Minister to press the Pakistani government to release those forcibly disappeared and to uphold international human rights obligations.
