Dr Fayaz Kacho

PhD @StAndrewsIR / Militarism, Political Violence, Identity, Kashmir | From Kargil

[Dr Fayaz Kacho @fayaz_kacho]

Free All the Political Prisoners
Repeal UAPA Repeal Sedition
Stop the Witch Hunt of Activists and Journalists

#FightCoronaNotActivists

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

27 Lakh Voters were deleted in West Bengal.

These were not 'dead people' or 'bangladeshis'. These were real people who had already appealed to get their votes restored. The Supreme court could’ve delayed the West Bengal elections until the tribunals finished hearing the appeals of these voters. But they didn’t. Only around 1607 voters were restored in time by phase 2 of these elections. Almost every appeal that was heard turned out to be a wrongful deletion.

In any functional democracy, this would not count as a free and fair election where a large section of voters have lost their voting rights. I'm not saying that TMC would've won for sure if they were added back, maybe BJP would still win, but the question is about the fairness of these elections.

Free and fair elections are a spectrum. Ever since Delhi-Maharashtra-Bihar-Bengal, this needle has moved more and more towards being unfair. Each time somehow the opposition parties participate as usual in the electoral process thinking that they can still pull of a win despite the compromised EC, ED, CBI etc. and each time they have been proven wrong after 2024 Lok Sabha. The question is, at what point will they feel that the level of unfairness is so unfair that elections should be boycotted?

I personally feel TMC should have refused to participate in these elections until all those 27 lakh appeals were finished being heard.

[Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe @IRANinZIMBABWE]

Please allow us some time to grieve for our loved ones.

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

I'm sorry but how on earth is this not front page news everywhere? A child. Cigarettes extinguished on his body. A metal rod inserted into his feet. In front of his father. This is documented, filmed, and handed over through the Red Cross. Where is the ICC? Where is the outrage from those who lecture the world about human rights?

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Bombing school kids: zero response

Bombing gas and oil: global task force

This is why capitalism as a governing ideology is incompatible with our basic humanity

[Katherine @supressedvoic]

🇪🇸Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez :

"My stand is clear, i can't support war, and i am with people of Gaza & Iran. I am getting letters from across the world praising the stand of Spain. "

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

The U.S. spent months on bullying India into ending oil imports from Russia. After two weeks of war with Iran, White House is now begging the world—incl India—to buy Russian crude.

Europe thought backing illegal war on Iran would win U.S. support against Russia.

Pathetic.

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

After the US Treasury Secretary, it is now the turn of President Trump's Press Secretary to give Mr. Modi a capitulation certificate.

According to her, the Modi Govt behaved well by agreeing to stop imports of oil from Russia, and as a reward it has now been allowed to do so for a period of 30 days.

[Julien Benda @canthavepudding]

Prof. Marandi goes no fucks given mode.
Fully justified

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

I've encountered multiple diasporas over the years.
Members of such diasporas tend to be critical of their home government and its leaders. That is, after all, why many have chosen or been forced into a life of exile.
Hatred - even irrational hatred - of such leaders is not particularly unusual.
That said, I have never encountered a diaspora as extreme as certain sectors of the Iranian diaspora.
These are people who fully understand that the agenda of the foreign powers they support is not only to overthrow their leaders but also to destroy their country.
Nevertheless, they offer these foreign powers their unconditional support, openly celebrate the war of destruction being waged against their country and society, and viciously denounce and demonize compatriots who oppose said destruction in the most vile terms.
I've never seen anything quite like it.

[Dr Fayaz Kacho @fayaz_kacho]

War is never a solution. Those who claim otherwise while sitting comfortably behind screens r often far removed from the human cost — or worse, benefiting from the war industry itself. The people on the ground bear the real burden,& they deserve peace, not war.
#IndiaPakistanWar

[Michael Kugelman @MichaelKugelman]

Bangladesh student leaders ousted a prime minister, negotiated with the military, successfully advocated for a Nobel Laureate to lead a new interim government, and then secured two slots in that interim government for themselves. Remarkable achievements for youth politics.

[Mhairi Hunter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @MhairiHunter]

That hotel in Rotherham is not housing illegal migrants. It is housing asylum seekers. People who have fled from danger hoping the UK would be a place of safety, and are now surrounded by murderous thugs trying to burn them alive. Get it right, journalists. Tell the truth.

[Dr Fayaz Kacho @fayaz_kacho]

@devikadutt @KingsIntDev Many congratulations 🥳 @devikadutt

[Devi @DefiantDevii]

The weakness of Congress and its inability to throw these two goons in jail when they were in power at the centre has led the nation to pay such a huge price in 10 years.
They left these two unchecked despite having bountiful reasons to incarcerate them

https://t.co/Q45iXowoym

[The Contrapuntal @TheContrapuntal]

Podcast 🎙️ | In this episode @fayaz_kacho, a Scotland-based researcher, details experiences of 1999 #Kargil war between #India and #Pakistan, and argues why it is imperative to study the dynamics of conflict and militarism from a civilian standpoint.

https://t.co/UDhVIGgcDn

[Malaka @MalakaShwaikh]

Your prayers are not enough. Your thoughts are not enough. Your donations aren’t enough (+ it’s not its time). As a Palestinian from Gaza, I ask for your power (not your pity). I ask you to join political actions. To protest. To raise awareness. To speak up. To write. To organise

[Malaka @MalakaShwaikh]

There is a real urgency for a #ceasefirenow in Gaza. The situation is beyond catastrophic, beyond description. It is not only the Israeli ban on water, fuel, or electricity. We also increasingly find it hard to bury our dead. Many remain under rubble. Medical supplies running out

[Husam Zomlot @hzomlot]

Just in: These are images from the Palestinian Christian community in Gaza after an Israeli bombardment. Israel’s brutal campaign on Gaza is not about Hamas. It is about eradicating the Palestinian people!

[Ione Belarra @ionebelarra]

History will not forgive Europe for being complicit in the genocide that Israel is carrying out against the Palestinian people. We must act now, with urgency. Economic sanctions and arms embargo, time is running out.

[Dan Cohen @dancohen3000]

BREAKING: Al Jazeera digital investigation DEBUNKS Israel's claimed that a Palestinian rocket hit Gaza's al-Ahli hospital.

Israel bombed the hospital. End of story.