Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾

- He/Him -
- PhD Scholar (Indo-Pacific Relations)

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

Pakistan parades diplomacy in China while its economy survives on loans, bailouts, and dependency. CPEC phase 2 isn’t progress; it’s another lifeline for a collapsing system. 1/3

@Terror_Alarm https://t.co/rnGIsiFinY

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@MahrangBaloch_ @World_Back1 @Mariamistan @Sarmachari1240 @b51833638 Punishing compassion while protecting impunity is a shame on any nation that claims to believe in justice. How has Pakistan been reduced to this level?

@NadiaBaloch99 @nadirbaluchs @SabihaBaloch_

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

.@MahrangBaloch_ never sought power.

She simply stood beside grieving mothers, fathers, wives, and children whose loved ones disappeared without a trace.

She became the voice of those the world refused to hear.

That is her strength.

@World_Back1 @Mariamistan

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@MahrangBaloch_ @World_Back1 @Mariamistan And for standing with the families of #Baloch missing persons, for demanding justice instead of silence, she has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

@Sarmachari1240 @b51833638

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Strong condemnation from the International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) highlights the dangerous escalation of state tyranny in Pakistan. Fabricating terrorism charges against Dr. Mahrang Baloch won't hide the military's rampant extrajudicial killings in #Balochistan.

@a_siab

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

From early life experiences in Balochistan to national visibility, Mahrang Baloch’s path reflects a broader generational shift in political activism focused on identity, rights, and governance issues in the region. @MahrangBaloch_ @World_Back1 @itisraza
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[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@b51833638 @World_Back1 To deny a family even the closure of a grave shows the absolute ruthlessness of the Pakistan establishment. No civilized society can remain silent while a military institution weaponizes the grief of mothers and daughters for political control.

@Sarmachari1240 @nadirbaluchs

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

The policy of enforced disappearances by the Pakistan Army doesn't just target individuals; it intentionally tortures entire generations of #Baloch families, leaving them suspended in a permanent, agonizing state of limbo.

@b51833638 @World_Back1
#EndEnforcedDisappearances

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@a_siab A legitimate judicial process does not hide behind closed doors, deny cross-examinations, or conduct secret trials. The Pakistan establishment is completely dismantling the rule of law just to protect military interests from international scrutiny.

@Sarmachari1240 @b51833638

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

Strong condemnation from the International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) highlights the dangerous escalation of state tyranny in Pakistan. Fabricating terrorism charges against Dr. Mahrang Baloch won't hide the military's rampant extrajudicial killings in #Balochistan.

@a_siab

[International Human Rights Foundation @IHRF_English]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) Condemns Shameful Life Sentence for Dr. Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shah by Pakistani Authorities

The Hague, The Netherlands – June 23, 2026 – The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) expresses its strongest condemnation regarding the reprehensible life sentence handed down by a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court to prominent human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch and her colleague, Sibghatullah Shah .

This verdict is a blatant miscarriage of justice and a devastating blow to the rule of law in Pakistan. Dr. Baloch, a leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), has been a fearless and peaceful voice for the Baloch people, courageously campaigning against enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and state repression in Balochistan . Her only crime is her dedication to exposing grave human rights violations .

The IHRF is deeply alarmed by the egregious procedural irregularities and denial of due process that characterized this “secret trial” . A proceeding that denies the accused the right to effectively cross-examine witnesses or present a proper defense, held in a “faceless court” on jail premises, cannot be considered a legitimate judicial process . This is not justice; it is a politically motivated weaponization of the judicial system to silence dissent and intimidate human rights defenders .

We echo the calls of Amnesty International and other international bodies, who have condemned this verdict as an affront to the right to a fair trial . The state’s cynical misuse of anti-terrorism laws to prosecute peaceful activism represents a dangerous escalation in the crackdown on fundamental freedoms in Pakistan .

The IHRF urges the Government of Pakistan to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Mahrang Baloch and Sibghatullah Shah, and to ensure their safety and well-being.

We call upon the international community, including the United Nations Human Rights Council, to:

1. Denounce this injustice and place Pakistan under close scrutiny for its escalating human rights violations.
2. Demand transparency in all legal proceedings against human rights defenders and a full investigation into the circumstances of this case.
3. Pressure Pakistani authorities to cease the persecution of peaceful activists and uphold their international obligations regarding due process and fundamental rights.

The IHRF stands in solidarity with Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Sibghatullah Shah, and all peaceful activists in Pakistan who risk their lives for justice and human dignity.

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@miryar_baloch @nadirbaluchs @Sarmachari1240 This reflects how the Pakistan establishment and #PakArmy treat #Balochistan: protecting those with power and punishing those who challenge oppression through peaceful means.

@SamiraBaloch1 @RaajiBaluch @FaizMBaluch

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

The contrast is impossible to ignore.

Those accused of violence against peaceful Baloch demonstrators face no consequences, while voices demanding justice are imprisoned for life.

@miryar_baloch @nadirbaluchs @Sarmachari1240

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@MahrangBaloch_ @BalochLatif @BalochYakjehtiC @TBPEnglish @SabihaBaloch_ @Sarmachari1240 @SangatChe @FaizMBaluch @World_Back1 The Pakistani establishment’s short-sighted obsession with absolute control is single-handedly tearing down any remaining possibility of peaceful coexistence that they could have had with the #Baloch.

@nadirbaluchs
#FreeBalochistan

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

You cannot bomb, censor, and jail an entire region into loyalty. By handing a life sentence to the face of the #Baloch peaceful movement, the Pakistan establishment is erasing its own validity.

@MahrangBaloch_

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@MahrangBaloch_ @BalochLatif @BalochYakjehtiC @TBPEnglish @SabihaBaloch_ @Sarmachari1240 @SangatChe @FaizMBaluch When a government treats civil rights activists identically to armed insurgents, it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.

@Sarmachari1240 @World_Back1

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@Jam__Baloch @SammiBaluch @Sarmachari1240 By treating peaceful dissent as treason, the Pakistan Army sends a dangerous message: the state does not understand or value the language of peace. It validates the exhaustion of a people pushed to the absolute brink by military ego.

@RaajiBaluch @salal_d70745 @umerpashtoon

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

The Pak establishment's obsession with silencing Dr. Mahrang Baloch through legal overreach will fail & these manufactured punishments will be thrown out. Yet, this tyranny serves as a massive wake-up call for peaceful Baloch activists.

@Jam__Baloch @SammiBaluch @Sarmachari1240

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

For decades, the corrupt army has operated with absolute impunity in #Balochistan, treating the region like an occupied territory rather than a province.

@Sarmachari1240 @Sarawaan1 @b51833638 @BobLancia

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@Sarmachari1240 @b51833638 @miryar_baloch When a "brave" PakArmy soldier resorts to robbing the very #Baloch people who have already been stripped of their rights and resources by the Pak establishment, it proves the institutional collapse of the failing state of Pakistan.

@nadirbaluchs @Sarawaan1

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

Scenes of a uniform-clad #PakArmy soldier robbing a defenseless, poor citizen in #Balochistan show how deep the rot goes.

This isn't defense; it's outright exploitation.

@Sarmachari1240 @b51833638

[Imran Zaidun 🇲🇾 @ImranZaidun]

@Sarmachari1240 @b51833638 The real face of the #Pakistani establishment is exposed when those sworn to protect the public end up terrorizing the people, especially those not from Punjab. 2/

@miryar_baloch