London [UK], Dissent against the case of kidnapping of Priya Kumari, a minor Sindhi Hindu girl who was abducted from Sindh province of Pakistan three years ago, echoed in London also.
Washington-based human rights organization Sindhi Foundation and the local Sindhi community on Friday organized a long march from 10 Downing Street (the official residence of the British Prime Minister) to the Pakistan High Commission in Lowndes Square, demanding their return and recovery. priya.
The Sindhi Foundation said in a press statement that a memorandum was submitted to UK authorities following the march.
Responding to the effort, the UK Prime Minister's Office lauded the initiative for promoting human rights.
However, the same statement said that the Pakistani High Commission officials directly refused to accept the memorandum.The march aimed to demand the return and recovery of Priya, and also raised concerns over the forced conversion of Sindhi Hindu girls and young women in Pakistan.
The statement said that mostly members of the Sindhi community living in Britain and America participated in this march.
Sindhi Foundation Executive Director Sufi Munawwar Laghari and Sindhi Foundation key member Razia Sultana Junejo submitted the memorandum to the British Prime Minister.
The memorandum to the Prime Minister included information on atrocities committed against Sindhis in her native Sindh, including the case of Priya Kumari.
He requested support from the British PM and urged him to raise his voice for the immediate release of the abducted minor Sindhi Hindu girls and to stop the forced conversion of young Sindhi Hindu girls and women.An official from the Prime Minister's Office, receiving a memorandum from Laghari and Junejo, acknowledged their appreciation for the human rights they have defended.
The protest march for the recovery of kidnapped Priya Kumari was also dedicated to slain Sindhi journalist Nasrullah Gadani.
The march passed through various streets of London and reached its final point at the Pakistan High Commission building.
Speaking to the protesting Sindhi community members, Munawwar Laghari said, "After occupying Sindh's mountains, islands, waters, forests, agricultural lands, cities and villages, the Pakistan Army has now turned its attention to the daughters of Sindh." They are being kidnapped and many of them are being forcibly converted to Islam.,
Laghari further said, "The Pakistani apparatus, including the highly politicized police, have failed miserably to recover Pirya Kumari. We approached the gates of the Pakistani High Commission to submit a memorandum to a Pakistani official, whom we met at the Pakistan High Commission. It took place but the officer refused to accept the memorandum.
Washington-based human rights organization Sindhi Foundation and the local Sindhi community on Friday organized a long march from 10 Downing Street (the official residence of the British Prime Minister) to the Pakistan High Commission in Lowndes Square, demanding their return and recovery. priya.
The Sindhi Foundation said in a press statement that a memorandum was submitted to UK authorities following the march.
Responding to the effort, the UK Prime Minister's Office lauded the initiative for promoting human rights.
However, the same statement said that the Pakistani High Commission officials directly refused to accept the memorandum.The march aimed to demand the return and recovery of Priya, and also raised concerns over the forced conversion of Sindhi Hindu girls and young women in Pakistan.
The statement said that mostly members of the Sindhi community living in Britain and America participated in this march.
Sindhi Foundation Executive Director Sufi Munawwar Laghari and Sindhi Foundation key member Razia Sultana Junejo submitted the memorandum to the British Prime Minister.
The memorandum to the Prime Minister included information on atrocities committed against Sindhis in her native Sindh, including the case of Priya Kumari.
He requested support from the British PM and urged him to raise his voice for the immediate release of the abducted minor Sindhi Hindu girls and to stop the forced conversion of young Sindhi Hindu girls and women.An official from the Prime Minister's Office, receiving a memorandum from Laghari and Junejo, acknowledged their appreciation for the human rights they have defended.
The protest march for the recovery of kidnapped Priya Kumari was also dedicated to slain Sindhi journalist Nasrullah Gadani.
The march passed through various streets of London and reached its final point at the Pakistan High Commission building.
Speaking to the protesting Sindhi community members, Munawwar Laghari said, "After occupying Sindh's mountains, islands, waters, forests, agricultural lands, cities and villages, the Pakistan Army has now turned its attention to the daughters of Sindh." They are being kidnapped and many of them are being forcibly converted to Islam.,
Laghari further said, "The Pakistani apparatus, including the highly politicized police, have failed miserably to recover Pirya Kumari. We approached the gates of the Pakistani High Commission to submit a memorandum to a Pakistani official, whom we met at the Pakistan High Commission. It took place but the officer refused to accept the memorandum.
