Rashed Aurakzai

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

@Emelia8z0 @TariqAli_News The violence allowed for only Blacks previously has now come haunt the Whites as well, because the Whites didn't speak then, for they were not Black.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

A Scottish fan chanted, "Free Palestine."

"I was a nurse in Gaza. I volunteered in Gaza. I’ve seen what happens. There is a genocide. Free Palestine."

She's a hero.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

طلعت حسین فلوٹیلا پر فلسطین پہنچ جاتے ہیں لیکن رینجرز کی گولیوں سے شہید ہونے والے کشمیری انہیں بھارتی ایجنٹ دکھائی دیتے ہیں. ابصار عالم اپنے پیٹ میں لگنے والی گولی کو آمرانہ لیکن بلوچ ،پشتون کے سینوں میں اترنے والی گولی وطن کی محبت محسوس ہوتی ہے۔
https://t.co/bQmcHDOdpx

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

For the Proud of Pakistan lot.

Shame

[Nadia Baloch @NadiaBaloch99]

Over the last few days, government officials and their supporters have repeatedly claimed that Dr. Mahrang Baloch chose to boycott her trial and refused to defend herself.

This deliberately obscures what actually happened.

On 12 June, the authorities introduced a so-called faceless court system for these proceedings. Under that arrangement, Mahrang and the other accused were expected to face charges carrying life imprisonment without being able to properly communicate with their lawyers, without being able to see the witnesses testifying against them, and without any meaningful public scrutiny of the process.

The public was excluded. Journalists were excluded. Families were excluded.

The accused themselves were denied the ability to effectively confront the case being presented against them.

In response, Mahrang, Sabghatullah Shah Ji, their lawyers, and members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee publicly objected. For days, they demanded an open trial. They did not ask for special treatment. They did not ask for immunity. They asked to see the evidence. They asked to see the witnesses. They asked for the proceedings to be conducted in a manner consistent with the most basic principles of justice.

They said repeatedly that they were prepared to face every allegation brought against them, but they would not accept a process in which a person could be sentenced to life imprisonment without being afforded the fundamental safeguards of a fair trial.

That position is now being dishonestly recast as a refusal to defend themselves.

It was the opposite.

Mahrang did not refuse a defence. She demanded the right to mount one.

The question is not why she objected to a process in which the accused could not properly communicate with counsel or confront witnesses. The question is why those conditions were imposed in the first place.

A state confident in its evidence does not need to hide its proceedings from public view. It does not need a system in which the accused, their lawyers, journalists, and the public are prevented from seeing what is happening inside the courtroom.

Mahrang’s objection was never to being tried.

Her objection was to being denied a fair trial while being told to call it justice.

#ReleaseBYCLeaders
#ReleaseMahrangBaloch

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A video from southern Lebanon shows Israeli soldiers apparently celebrating a completed religious study inside a home whose residents had been forcibly displaced.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

Generation brought up on Imran Series.

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Breaking:

Israeli Intelligence agency Mossad wanted to assassinate the Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir while he was in Switzerland for US-Iran talks.

— Mossad wanted to assassinate Pakistani military chief Asim Munir to derail US-Iran peace-talks and throw the region into the war again.

— Pakistan's military intelligence intercepted Mossad's plan about the assassination of its military chief.

— Pakistan didn't change the meeting schedule for Asim Munir but sent very cold message to Israel:

"If you touch our delegation, we'll wipe you off the map."

— Pakistan's message to Israel had zero room for creative interpretation. Mossad backed off from its plan.

◾Brazilian investigative journalist and famous author Pepe Escobar makes stunning revelation.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

@ijazkhan @hasankhyber پاکستان صرف بنگال نے بنایا اور پنجاب نے بنگال کو کاٹ کر تخت پر قابض ہوا۔

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

@AWGoraya @HakeemWadhela انگریز راج سے یہ ریت چلی آرہی ہے۔ جس نے بھی زمین، مال اور مقام بنایا ہے، سرکار کے اتحاد سے بنایا ہے۔
گورایا خوش قسمت ہے کہ یورپ میں ہے ورنہ مارا جاتا یا حبیب جالب کی طرح نسل در نسل غربت کا شکار ہوتا

[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.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

Dr Mahrang sentence and that of Iman & Hadi has peeled off the Pakistan mask before worn in US-Iran mediation.

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

Human rights defender Idris Khattak has spent years behind bars after being forcibly disappeared and sentenced to 14 years in prison following a secret military trial in Pakistan. He has reportedly suffered ill treatment and has been tortured. His case is a stark reminder that those who document abuses take great risks to defend fundamental freedoms. Learn more about Idris and Freedom House’s work to support political prisoners across the globe through our #FreeThemAll program: https://t.co/WDDeFSSfZn

[Ijaz Khan @ijazkhan]

The sentencing of Dr. Mahrang Baloch is clear and loud message to Baloch &other nations of Pakistan, there is no space for peaceful democratic struggle. You can chose between, clapping for the hard state, stay quiet or take up arms.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

Ask Nizamis whose fortune is made on this moral depravity. The honest ones should at least distance themselves from the lineage.

[Mariana Baabar @MarianaBaabar]

Only newspaper I read that welcomed
life sentence for @MahrangBaloch_
What a great pity.
Necessary Verdict https://t.co/YxEKR0YjQA via @the_nation

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

بی ایل اے کی مزمت کی رٹ لگانے والے اب اس شرمناک فیصلے کی بھی کم از کم دبے لفظوں میں مزمت کریں۔
بلوچ بندوق نہ اٹھائیں تو کیا کریں جب پر امن مزاحمت کی بھی اجازتِ نہیں۔

[Mohsin Dawar @mjdawar]

The life sentences given to @MahrangBaloch_ & other BYC leaders after a faceless, sham trial in an ATC court are a grave injustice & an attack on peaceful political struggle. Attempts to silence dissent through repression will not resolve grievances,nor will they silence dissent.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

Yet Baloch Movements have emerged stronger and spread like seeds.

[cyril almeida @cyalm]

Baloch history… convict despite no crime…

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

بندوق والے شروع سے ڈرتے آرہے ہیں عورتوں سے۔
فاطمہ جناح اور بے نظیر بھٹو سے لیکر ماہرنگ بلوچ اور ایمان مزاری تک ۔

[Akhtar Mengal @sakhtarmengal]

چلی ہے رسم کہ کوئی نہ سر اٹھا کے چلے
جو کوئی چاہنے والا طواف کو نکلے
نظر چرا کے چلے، جسم و جاں بچا کے چلے

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Under the official 9/11 story, Iran had zero involvement with that attack.

The countries with the closest relationship to 9/11 attackers are the tyrannies called "our closest partners": Saudi, UAE, Egypt.

Yet another bizarre attribute of "The War on Terror." Odd threat here:

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

Same role, Actor changed for drama got unpopular.

[Yousuf Nazar @YousufNazar]

Andy Burnham ( possibly Britain’s next prime minister), dressed in blue jeans and T-shirt, getting the train from Manchester to London, just hours after Keir Starmer set out his resignation plan on Monday morning. No SUV or a luxury car like our leaders.

Burnham, a member of U.K. parliament, has announced his intention to run for Labour leader.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

@faraz_lhr @AWGoraya GHQ backed war lords and criminals.

[Rashed Aurakzai @RKzoy]

@iamthedrifter @Razarumi Soft image building, Musharaf initiated. Hafez might have been a Colonel then.