IICR

Islamabad Institute of Conflict Resolution (IICR) is an independent Pakistan based think tank. Research, Policy Input, Intl. Relations, Security, Human Rights

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COMMEMORATING
MAY 2025 → MAY 2026
OPERATION MARKA-E-HAQ
The Battle of Truth
A nation defended its skies, its sovereignty, and its standing and emerged with its position upon the world stage strengthened.
@GovtofPakistan @OfficialDGISPR @DGPR_PAF @PakistanNavy

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India’s Political Trials in Kashmir and the Asiya Andrabi Verdict

WOLAS expresses grave concern regarding the continued detention of Kashmiri political prisoners languishing in Indian prisons, especially the sentencing of female political prisoner Asiya Andrabi, 64, Head of Dukhtaran Millat, to life imprisonment. Her associates, Nahida Nasreen and Sofi Fehmeeda, received 30 years’ imprisonment each in the same case today by India courts. The so-called terror charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for political resistance against the UN-guaranteed right to self-determination for Jammu and Kashmir echo that India seeks to annul its own commitments initiated before the United Nations Security Council.

Over these decades, the Indian occupying army and its de facto occupational machinery in the occupied territory have exercised wide impunity to perpetrate heinous war crimes. In this context, legal frameworks are being systematically instrumentalised as instruments of repression against Kashmiris, including political activists, award-winning human rights defenders, lawyers, and other professionals, to silence them and normalise ongoing demographic change and settler violence in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Legislative and administrative measures implemented in recent years, coupled with patterns of displacement and repression, indicate a systematic transformation of the region’s demographic and political character. These measures do not operate outside the law; rather, they reflect a reconfiguration of legality itself, where legal form is deployed to institutionalise dispossession and legislate Kashmir out of existence.

The erroneous orders and politically motivated judgments, imposed through sweeping legal frameworks, give rise to serious concerns under international humanitarian and human rights law. Prolonged pre-trial detention, denial of due process, and the imposition of life sentences amounting to incarceration until natural death require urgent international legal scrutiny, particularly in light of obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), including protections against arbitrary detention and the right to a fair trial.
The aspiration of India claiming a “motherland” parallel with Israel cannot be fulfilled through the use of an Israel-style playbook in Indian-occupied Kashmir. WOLAS condemns these politically motivated judgments, particularly against women, who constitute a vulnerable group.

WOLAS emphasises the legal imperative of pursuing these matters through available international legal and institutional forums. This includes engagement with United Nations human rights mechanisms, special procedures, treaty bodies, and other accountability frameworks capable of addressing patterns of arbitrary detention, political repression, and structural rights violations, despite longstanding UN resolutions affirming the right to self-determination.

WOLAS calls upon the international community, legal practitioners, and human rights institutions to intensify monitoring, documentation, and legal action concerning the situation of Kashmiri political prisoners and the broader policies affecting the occupied region.

The international community cannot ignore patterns of structural erasure and collective harm against marginalised communities who have been promised self-determination by the United Nations through multiple resolutions.

[Sabah Aslam @SabahAslam1]

🚨 INJUSTICE IN KASHMIR: An Indian special court has sentenced Kashmiri leader Asiya Andrabi to LIFE imprisonment & her associates Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen to 30 years under the draconian #UAPA.
Criminalising the right to self-determination is not justice. It is political persecution.
The #UAPA has long been weaponised to silence dissent, imprison activists, and suppress legitimate political movements in Kashmir, a fact acknowledged by civil liberties groups and the UN and OIC alike.
The international community cannot stay silent. @RadioPakistan @GovtofPakistan @UN_Women @OfficialDGISPR #FreeAsiyaAndrabi #Kashmir #HumanRights

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Eid Mubarak

[Sabah Aslam @SabahAslam1]

Deeply saddened by today’s mosque attack carried out by the TTP. Killing innocent worshippers is neither Islam nor humanity. Pakistan must deal decisively and without tolerance against TTP and all terrorist networks once and for all. Terrorism is inhumane and must be crushed with full state force. #IslamabadBlast #IslamabadSuicideAttack @GovtofPakistan @OfficialDGISPR @MOIofficialGoP @MohsinnaqviC42

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2/2 The use of terrorism and information warfare as tools of state and non-state competition risks regional destabilisation at large. Direct or indirect facilitation of such actors will carry long-term security consequences for the entire region.

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1/2 Terrorist networks operating in and against Pakistan, whether TTP or BLA, form part of a wider, externally enabled ecosystem whose impact extends beyond national borders.

[Sabah Aslam @SabahAslam1]

We reaffirm that the question of Kashmir is not merely territorial, but fundamentally moral and legal, rooted in the right of self-determination under international law. Recognised by the United Nations as a disputed territory, it has remained under illegal Indian occupation for decades, standing as a continuing test of global justice. Pakistan stands unwavering with its people in solidarity, principle, and peace. The detention of women and human rights activists constitutes a grave breach of humanitarian and human rights law. Silencing dissent through incarceration only deepens injustice. Freedom is a right, not a crime.#KashmirDay #StandWithKashmir #KashmirIsPakistan #KashmirSolidarity @PakistanUN_NY @UN @eu_eeas @EU_Commission @UNGeneva @amnesty @ICRC @CIJ_ICJ @OIC_OCI

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Durable solutions lie in constitutional governance & reform not externally sponsored TERRORISM and Proxy warfare.

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Development initiatives such as Reko Diq & Gwadar are often framed as exploitation, despite provincial equity & oversight in both. Pattern of violence indicates economic disruption rather than rights advocacy. #Pakistan #Balochistan

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Effective reform must be data-led, not perception-driven.

#Governance #PublicPolicy #InstitutionalReform #Transparency #Pakistan

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Most corruption indices privilege perception over evidence. iTAP corrects this bias.

Based on a nationally representative survey of 6,000+ respondents, iTAP finds a pronounced divergence: perceived corruption (67%) far exceeds reported lived experience (27%).
#Pakistan #iTAP

[Ayhan Küçük @ayhankucuk61]

Ortak değerlere sahip toplumların dayanışması; siyasi, ekonomik, askeri, kültürel ve eğitim alanlarında güçlenmelerini, dünya siyasetinde daha etkili olmalarını mümkün kılacaktır.
Ayrıca bu birliktelik, coğrafyamızın dış tehditlere karşı daha dirençli hale gelmesini sağlayacaktır

[aslan balci @aslanbalci1]

Birlikte Yaşama Kültürü, Güney Asya’da Güç ve Güvenlik Dinamikleri konulu seminerimiz bölgeye barış getirmesini temenni ediyoruz

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Restrictions have been implemented in various ways; the method, timing, location, and target have constantly changed, but imperialist goals have remained consistent.

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Seminar Proceedings
The role of regional solidarity in shaping the future of our geography
Ayhan Küçük

@evrenseldeger @aslanbalci1 @SabahAslam1 @GovtofPakistan

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In modern times, however, imperialist states have disregarded moral and legal grounds for the sake of material gain and have constructed new moral norms in line with their own ambitions.

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Strategically, TTP provides Taliban with negotiating leverage on disputed issues, including refugee treatment and trade restrictions. Domestically, TTP enjoys popular support in Afghanistan due to widespread anti-Pakistan sentiment.

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Seminar Proceedings
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Reach Crisis Point Over Taliban’s TTP Sanctuary
Sabah Aslam

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The Taliban’s support for TTP stems from multiple structural factors that create a fundamental impasse. Ideological alignment remains central, with TTP described as a ‘branch of the Islamic Emirate’ sharing similar Sharia governance objectives.