Dean Markus

International Relations Researcher

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Disturbing to see the scale of suppression in #Balochistan. The ones paying heaviest price are Baloch women—forced onto streets, holding photos of their missing fathers, sons & brothers, demanding their return.
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#SaveBalochWomen

@Mariamistan @erinflorez01 @Sarmachari1240

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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As funerals mount across Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot, the silence from mainstream Western outlets is against our human rights consciousness. The BBC, Sky News, and the UN must come together to hold Islamabad accountable! @salah_shoaib @sabizak

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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The Western media urgently needs to cover the escalating crisis in POJK. Under General Asim Munir, state forces have used live ammunition, communication blackouts, and anti-terror laws against unarmed civilians. @Parizaad_reborn

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Defending a vast landmass against modern stealth fighters, drones, and cruise missiles is one of the toughest engineering challenges in warfare today, and India is doing really well in this field. 2/2 @ErikSolheim

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

#India’s successful maiden test of Project Kusha shows its aerospace defense ecosystem is coming of age. "Mission Sudarshan Chakra" is shaping up to be one of the world's most sophisticated integrated air defense umbrellas. Kudos to India. 1/2 @vtchakarova @nepc

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

India reached an important milestone in the multi-layered long-range air defense architecture envisaged under Mission Sudarshan Chakra.

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[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said "the situation appears to be stabilising", but at least 12 fire engines would remain on scene into Friday to manage smaller fires breaking out.

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Firefighters tackling a wildfire that has been burning for more than 24 hours on the Suffolk coast say they are in a better position than earlier on Thursday evening.

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[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

@ZubairShahAgha1 When state actors behave with complete impunity, it proves how broken the justice system of Pakistan is. Westminster & the @UNHumanRights must hold Islamabad accountable.
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@UsamaKhilji

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Appalling video footage out of #KPK, Pakistan, where an innocent girl was killed and her dead body displayed on an armed vehicle by military personnel. Parading a victim through the streets is a grotesque violation of human dignity & humanitarian law.
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@Rauf_AFR2 @Umair2023_

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

This barbarity is reflective of a deeper crisis. Global indices rank #Pakistan among the absolute worst for women—second-to-last in female economic participation and lacking basic legal protections for women in conflict zones.
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@ZubairShahAgha1

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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Full credit to #India for holding line. Making complete peace along LAC a non-negotiable prerequisite before normalizing trade & diplomatic ties is the exact backbone the free world needs to see. A principled democratic nation standing up to bully tactics!
@TheScarmind

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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Spot-on response from India’s MEA. #India rightly called out #Beijing’s spin after Manila talks between Jaishankar & Wang Yi. Beijing loves putting out dodgy unilateral readouts, but New Delhi isn't letting them dictate narrative. Brilliantly handled by India.
@speaknsee

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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The hypocrisy from Beijing is staggering. They lecture others on sovereignty while actively occupying Indian territory since 1963 & pushing illegal projects in Indian territory. It’s classic CCP expansionism—zero respect for international norms. @MaxAbrahms

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

The military regime in Pakistan backed these extremists for years, and now millions of innocent #Afghan women are forced to live in an absolute living nightmare under Taliban rule.
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@StephanAJensen
@KhushalGurbaz

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Heartbreaking footage out of #Afghanistan's #Takhar. Women being harassed and physically abused by the Taliban force for trying to go home. The international community needs to wake up to this horror.
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@WaisBarakzai @Sayel_D

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

@KenRoth @IFazilaBaloch Yet millions of children in Balochistan are still being left behind. Investing in classrooms, teachers, and opportunities—not neglect—is the path to a stronger future.
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#SaveBalochistan
@bebarg_zehri

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

It's difficult to ignore the education crisis in #Balochistan. UNICEF estimates 3.5 million children (ages 5–16) are out of school in the province—roughly 69% of school-age children.
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@Mariamistan @FaridaBaloch_ @DureshewarB

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Girls are especially affected by poverty, inadequate infrastructure & limited access to schools. #Pakistan's authorities have had decades to address these challenges in #Balochistan.
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@kenroth @IFazilaBaloch

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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By institutionalizing regional extortion rather than fostering genuine diplomacy, Islamabad is proving its priority isn't regional stability—it's securing leverage & profit at the expense of its allies' security. Deeply concerning trajectory for the Gulf. @DerekJGrossman

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

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So #Pakistan’s army regime is essentially brokering "protection deals" between Iran & #KSA while profiting off illicit Iranian oil routes? Leveraging Gulf security for private oil ventures is dangerous statecraft that destabilizes the region further.
@husainhaqqani @mazdaki

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

@theDemiHester @AlifyaSohail By facilitating religious extremism for regional influence, Islamabad helped create the very regime now enforcing gender apartheid on Afghan women. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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@WaisBarakzai @wajj2020

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

Here is a painful reality: 1,768 days of keeping #Afghan girls out of secondary school is a heart-wrenching, systemic crime against humanity. The resilience of Afghan girls defying this darkness deserves our support.
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#LetAfghanGirlsLearn @StephanAJensen @Mariamistan

[Dean Markus @DeanMarkus4]

We also cannot ignore the role played by #Pakistan’s political and military establishment in harboring, nurturing, and empowering the Taliban leadership for decades.
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@theDemiHester @AlifyaSohail