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Baloch activists march on Islamabad
Protesters reach Pakistani capital after months-long journey to demand justice for disappeared relatives.
Ali Haider, 10, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of his father, who went missing in 2010, while he and other relatives take a break from a long march protest, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Activists from Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province have arrived in Islamabad, ending a more than 2,000km march to protest the disappearance of their family members.
The marchers entered the Pakistani capital on Friday, completing a journey that began on October 27 from Quetta, Balochistan's capital.
The "Long March" was organized by Voice of Missing Baloch (VBMP), a civil rights group that documents cases of disappeared Baloch citizens. According to VBMP, 2,825 people have gone missing since 2005 when Pakistani security forces began fighting the province's separatist movement.
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