Mirza Saaib Bég

Kashmiri lawyer | Public policy @UniofOxford @BlavatnikSchool | WHT Scholar @WeidenfeldSchol | Kofi Annan Scholar @MansfieldOxford | NALSAR'13 |

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

I spoke briefly with @AJEnglish's @FemiOke today. A GOI representative speaking after me commented- “timing of domicile law was in bad taste”.

It is not the "timing" that is despicable. There is never a good time for an evil and/or illegal act.

Full vid https://t.co/4jKWhVJV9I

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@jameelyusuf The document has been withdrawn from the National Health Mission website-

[The Polis Project @project_polis]

"As an unelected, bureaucratic government in India-administered Kashmir starts granting Kashmiri domicile certificates to Indian citizens, the replacement of the Kashmiri people has begun."

@M_S_Beg writes on the crisis in Kashmir.

FROM THE ARCHIVE:
https://t.co/BWulE21lXr

[Red Pepper Media @RedPeppermag]

On the second anniversary of the annexation of #Kashmir, we look back at this piece in which @M_S_Beg explore's Kashmir's history and the domicile law which has strengthened the Indian occupation https://t.co/Oub6HAyrlA

[Kofi Annan Foundation @KofiAnnanFdn]

Learn more about the @MansfieldOxford Kofi Annan Scholars on page 41 of our Annual Report.

📖https://t.co/glGYl29wLM

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@GamukNafar They muted me and turned off the hand-raise option when they realised the only to counter facts and figures was by shouting away the argument. I was not expecting much from them but just wanted to expose the fallacy in their sweeping statements.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

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[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Reports coming from India suggest websites of major international news networks like @guardian @BBC Reddit have been taken down in India. The websites are functional outside India. It is unclear why this is happening. This is a developing story. Waiting for further information.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Does Mudi zee ever lie? He promised to send companies Kashmir. He never mentioned which companies they would be.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

In 2020, over 200,000 requests were made globally by governments seeking specific user data on social media users. India alone accounted for 33% of cases for Facebook data of users.

Source: India Pixels and Facebook Transparency Center.

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

For the 3rd time in a week, the Biden admin blocked a joint statement from the UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Israel-Palestine.

The US empire is sponsoring the apartheid regime's slaughter of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza prison camp
https://t.co/LDBFjiSRw6

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Tafadzwa Matika, from Zimbabwe, arguing for team proposition gave historical examples of how outsourcing justice to private companies has resulted in human rights violations, relying on the examples East India Company and others that furthered colonization.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Thread- this year’s @whtrust_ox scholars’ debate - held at Oxford Union debating chamber, chaired by @TFletcher @HertfordCollege. Prop- @nandita_venky Andres, me & Taf successfully defended the motion 'Social media has no rt to ban politicians' @MansfieldOxford @StEdmundHall

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

My rebuttals and initial comments opposing the creation of an opaque system that can make judgments on a public conversation - Judgments that are not guided by a sense of equity or justice but by power and profit.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Kai, from Jamaica, representing team opposition highlighted the level of influence that politicians exert, the amplification of that influence on social media, and gave examples of how this is a deadly combination.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

Nandita for side proposition started by discussing the culpability of social media in aligning with power, with examples of how social media has taken down posts critical of the Indian government, while allowing hate speech against Muslims and Christians in India.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@TFletcher @whtrust_ox Thank you for chairing the debate. It was a wonderful experience for us all.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@dibyeshanand Both your parents will live on through you. Carry their love and legacy forward. It must be painful to not be able to go home right now. Stay strong.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@Khadeejaarif1 What a beautiful name, masha’Allah. Reminds me of the Palestinian poet and author Mahmoud Darwish.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

For 8 weeks, my philosophy professor at Oxford spoke to us about John Stuart Mill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John Rawls, Jeremy Bentham and John Maynard Keynes. That's when I got the idea that if your first name starts with J you've got it made in Western philosophy.

[Mirza Saaib Bég @M_S_Beg]

@HumsafarHusky There's something about exam time that creates just the right circumstances for the mind to wander around chasing odd thoughts.