Free Balochistan Movement to Protest Against Abduction of Baloch Women by Pakistan
Manchester, United Kingdom: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) has announced a protest in Manchester, United Kingdom, against ongoing human rights violations in Balochistan and the recent escalation in the abduction and enforced disappearance of Baloch women.
According to the organisers, the protest will take place on December 30, 2025, at Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The demonstration aims to draw international attention to increasing repression by Pakistani state authorities and security forces in Balochistan.
FBM stated that enforced disappearances, illegal arrests, and extrajudicial actions have long affected the Baloch population, but recent months have seen a particularly alarming trend in which Baloch women are being targeted through abduction-like arrests and subsequent disappearances. The group said that at least six Baloch women have been forcibly disappeared within the past month alone, including a pregnant woman, a development that has intensified concerns among human rights defenders.
Protest organisers argue that the targeting of women represents a dangerous escalation and a deliberate attempt to instill fear across Baloch society. They say such actions are intended to silence demands for basic rights, justice and political freedom by threatening families and social dignity.
The Free Balochistan Movement has called on members of the Baloch diaspora, human rights activists, media representatives, and concerned members of the public to join the protest. Through the demonstration, FBM aims to urge the international community, the United Nations and global human rights organisations to break their silence and take concrete action.
FBM has demanded the immediate recovery of all disappeared Baloch women, an end to enforced disappearances and the initiation of independent and impartial international investigations into human rights violations in Balochistan. Organisers stressed that the enforced disappearance of women is a “red line” and warned that continued global inaction could lead to further deterioration of the human rights situation in the region.
