Islamabad suspended KP’s elected government on October 11. A week later the military governor invited foreign firms to extract and sell its minerals. The province’s mining register shows 20,900 km² of metal, lithium and gold reserved for auction, and the army’s copper mine in Waziristan paying the province 10% of profits. Here is how the emergency hands locals’ land to the army and foreign buyers.
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Pro-democracy protests survive Pakistan regime's crackdown?
Despite internet shutdown by US-backed dictator Asim Munir, footage keeps getting out indicating organic protests may be enduring
Where is Western media concern over democracy and human rights?
As Pakistan’s government arrests opposition leaders and suspends an elected provincial government, President Trump continues to embrace its military chief.
The United States should stand with the Pakistani people, not enable political repression. We must press for the release of political prisoners, including Imran Khan.
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Protesters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province clashed with police over the imposition of governor’s rule, citing the local government’s alleged failure to crack down on Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters. Police fired on protesters, injuring at least five people.
Pakistan - State of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces
Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and internet disruptions across the province raise concerns about the proportionality of these emergency measures. While states may, in strictly limited circumstances, derogate from their human rights obligations to respond to a public emergency that threatens the existence of the nation, emergency measures are not a blank cheque to crack down on human rights, silence dissent, or concentrate power.
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