PAKISTAN: Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered��Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:
“The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile services blackout remains in place, it will severely impede the independent verification of the full extent of the situation on the ground. We urge the Pakistani authorities to restore all communications access and allow media and independent observers into the area.”
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Deadly clashes have erupted in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after weeks of protests and road blockades.
Protesters are demanding political reforms, including the removal of disputed assembly seats ahead of legislative elections.
#Pakistan's army is caught in a pincer: Baloch rebels from the south/centre/east, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the north, both converging on Quetta. Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa burns, the #Afghan border is hot, and #PoJK is restive. Rawalpindi is losing on every internal front: @sushantsareen https://t.co/a8m7usfGiu #Geopolitics #India
Indian netizens have exposed the biggest lie of the Chinese Communist Party.The Chinese Communist Party spends billions of dollars annually promoting itself as a futuristic superpower. It boasts a dazzling skyline, high-speed rail, and cutting-edge technology, but...Indian netizens are breaking through the Great Firewall of China, exposing poverty, dilapidated infrastructure, garbage-strewn streets, and the painful and desperate reality faced by many ordinary Chinese people.Indian netizens pointed out thatThe CCP's caste system and its practice of forcibly eliminating slums mean that poor, lower-caste groups are left in rural areas without basic necessities, rather than being provided with housing in cities.The CCP only shows the wealthy 10% of its major cities, while hiding the poor 90%.
Mahrang Baloch should not be in prison. Women and girls in Balochistan have suffered for years as their male family members were routinely arrested and forcibly disappeared. They deserve the life that everyone deserves: daughters who can go to school, fathers who come home at night.
I stand with my sisters in Pakistan who face harassment and abuse, who are imprisoned for speaking out. This is not new — throughout our history women like Asma Jahangir, Farida Shaheed, Khawar Mumtaz, Hina Jilani and even Fatima Jinnah suffered persecution for standing up. Today, it is Imaan Mazari and Mahrang Baloch.
Rather than addressing the horror of forced disappearances, the anti-terrorism court is targeting those who speak out against the oppression. Mahrang and her fellow activists must be released.
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Amnesty International:
Pakistan’s military regime is taking unjust actions against people demanding their rights.
The organization says that Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws are being used to suppress peaceful dissenting voices.
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क्या भारतीय सोशल मीडिया यूज़र्स ने Chinese Firewall में सेंध लगा दी है? क्या चीन की carefully curated image अब बिखर रही है?
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