Raza Khan, a peace activist in Lahore disappeared on Dec 2, 2017. Raza is someone that Kristeen and I both knew and spent time with. We along with his family and friends are concerned for Raza's safety, particularly due to the climate of disappeared persons in Pakistan. Kristeen met him in India at a festival organized to bring friendship and peace relations between India and Pakistan a few years ago. Later, we both met him several times in Lahore, Pakistan while I was working on my Sufi, puppetry film.He is a humble person, cherished by the community and involved in intitiatives to help make Pakistan a place for all who call it home. Selfless people like Raza are rare, and we, as a society are in dire need of them. The culture of disappeared citizens that continues in Pakistan serves to silence the voices that are most needed, in order to promote harmony, compassion and ultimately positive political change.We urge that people and organizations place pressure on the Pakistani government to work with its intelligence agencies to locate Raza Khan and all disappeared citizens across the country, and return them to the communities and families that need them.In seeking the safe return of disappeared activists as well as journalists, we urge the government to take steps to use the resources that only it has to find and safeguard the democracy of Pakistan and remove the threat of violence for voicing opinions and creating conversations that are ultimately needed to build stronger communities.In this case, the Government of Pakistan is best in a position to find and safely return Raza and other similarly disappeared citizens. To this end, we the people of Pakistan and people of the world can make this happen by placing pressure on the Pakistani Government to find and return Raza and other disappeared people.Learn more:Find Raza Facebook PageTake action (from the page of Beena Sarwar):If you are outside the country, consider writing to the Pakistani authorities listed below and urge them to:Order an immediate investigation into Raza Khan’s fate and whereabouts, keeping his family fully informed and updated at all times.Order an immediate, impartial and independent investigation into this and all enforced disappearances, publicly disclose the findings and bring those suspected of criminal responsibility to justice in fair trials without recourse to the death penalty;End the practice of enforced disappearances and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;Ensure that activists, human rights defenders, journalists, academics and members of the political opposition can peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association.CHIEF MINISTER OF PUNJABChief Minister Secretariat7-Club Road, GOR-1Lahore, PakistanTel: +92 42 992 04906Fax: +92 42 992 04915Twitter: @CMShehbaz / @GovtOfPunjabSalutation: Honourable Chief MinisterINSPECTOR GENERAL OF PUNJABPolice Captain (R) Arif Nawaz KhanCPO Complex,Bank Road, Old AnarkaliLahore, PakistanPhone: +92 42 992 10062Fax: +92 42 992 10064Email: psogigp.cpo@punjabpolice.gov.pkSalutation: Dear Inspector GeneralSend copies to Pakistan’s ambassadors at consulates and embassies in your country.Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/find-raza-khan-a-social-activist-gone-missing-from-lahore?recruiter=10953615&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish