(Remember when the MSNBC journalist asked me, “Why not humanize all?” Then please do exactly that. Cover this. Report on it. Tell these families’ stories. If this does not deserve sustained international coverage, what does?)
Today, a historic mass funeral in Gaza City laid to rest 112 Palestinian civilians from the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, making it the largest single-event funeral procession in Palestinian history. These victims were killed on November 22, 2023, during a devastating Israeli airstrike that completely leveled a densely populated residential block in al-Sabra neighborhood, claiming the lives of approximately 308 people in total. Because israeli intense military attacks and severe equipment shortages blocked emergency access to the site, the bodies remained trapped under the concrete rubble for over two and a half years. The collective burial finally took place at the Baptist Cemetery following an arduous, days-long recovery operation by the Gaza Civil Defense, drawing thousands of mourners to honor the victims, who included over 40 children and 30 women.
Now ask yourself this: if this had happened anywhere else in the world, would there have been live coverage from the scene? Would journalists from CNN, BBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CBC, Sky News, France 24, or other major international outlets have been broadcasting this funeral to a global audience?
Surely, many a single victim elsewhere could command hours of international coverage. But sorry, the victims are Palestinians and the mainstream media does not even consider them human.
عمران خان کی قید کو آج تین سال پورے ہونے پر صرف اتنا ہی کہنا ہے کہ عمران خان نے اپنا کام کر دیا۔ چاہے آگے ملک کی سیاست کیسی بھی ہو، عمران خان نے عوام کو وہ شعور دے دیا کہ جو اب زہنوں سے مٹ نہیں سکتا اور concepts اب بالکل کلیئر ہو گئے ہیں گڈ مڈ بھی نہیں ہو سکتے جیسے پہلے تھے۔
اللہ تعالی عمران خان کو صحت یابی اور ثابت قدمی عطا کرے! آمین۔
For three years, Pakistan’s authorities have systematically denied Imran Khan the right to a fair trial, subjected him to prolonged solitary confinement, and limited his access to medical care and visitation rights.
He has not been allowed to meet his family for more than eight months and his vision has reportedly deteriorated significantly. Both he and his wife, Bushra Bibi Khan, have now been denied regular access to legal counsel since December 2025.
Amnesty International urges the Pakistani authorities to unconditionally restore Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi Khan’s right to see their family and lawyers. Both must be given access to adequate medical care and their solitary confinement, which is unlawful, should end immediately.
Ahead of planned gatherings by Imran Khan’s family, party and supporters to mark the anniversary, the authorities must facilitate the right to peaceful protest and ensure there is no repeat of the unlawful and arbitrary crackdowns on protesters so frequently witnessed in the country and against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
As we mark Youm-e-Istehsal today we should remember the sacrifices of the martyrs and the people of occupied Kashmir. The brave people of Kashmir have struggled and suffered but never given up their fight for freedom from Indian occupation.
We have heard of assassinations of Prime Minister's and Presidents. Never have I heard a former Prime Minister being tortured in a prison cell.
What the military regime in Pakistan is doing to Imran Khan is not just criminal, it is indicative of its own moral and ethical collapse.
🚨اہم گفتگو
مجھے ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ سے بہت امید تھی کیونکہ وہ عمران خان کے بڑے اچھے دوست تھے لیکن پاکستان کے کرمنل مافیا حکمرانوں نے جن کے نزدیک عزت قانون اور اپنی خودداری کی کوئی اہمیت نہیں انہوں نے ٹرمپ کو نوبل انعام، کرپٹو کرنسی ، پاکستان کی قدرتی معدنیات کی رشوت دی وہ بھی خاموش ہو گئے دنیا کے نامور کرکٹرز اور چیدہ چیدہ سیاستدانوں کے علاوہ دنیا میں آواز کوئی نہیں بلند کرتا جب ہم سے کوئی عمران خان کا پوچھتا ہے بات کرتا ہے تو ہمیں بہت حوصلہ ملتا ہے لیکن ایک دفع پوچھنے کے بعد آگے بڑھ جاتی ہے میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ دنیا کے کسی لیڈر کو اس بات کی realization ہونی چاہیے کہ پاکستان کو ان کرمنلز مافیاز حکمرانوں سے نجات دلانا دنیا کے لیے اچھا ہو گا۔
قاسم خان کا انٹرویو
Muammar Gaddafi gave up his nuclear program in 2003.
He negotiated. He complied. He handed over the centrifuges and the documentation and accepted international inspectors and did everything the West said a responsible leader should do.
He believed the deal.
He believed that compliance would produce security.
In 2011, NATO bombed his country for seven months.
Hillary Clinton, upon hearing of his death, after he had been captured, sodomized with a bayonet, and killed by a mob, appeared on camera and laughed:
"We came, we saw, he died."
Kim Jong-un watched this.
The Iranian leadership watched this.
Every government on Earth that was considering what compliance with Western demands actually produces watched this.
Gaddafi is the lesson.
Not the lesson the West wants to teach.
The lesson history actually teaches.
The empire does not reward disarmament.
It schedules it.
Shouldn’t 5th August be marked as
“Imran Khan Day” — to recognise his and his wife’s incarceration and persecution, solely because he challenged the supra-state authority?
Imran Khan has become Pakistan’s foremost symbol of resistance.
Three years in prison. No surrender. No compromise. No public plea for bail. No emotional breakdown. No capitulation. An extraordinary display of resilience.
Whether one agrees with him or not, this level of endurance is extraordinary and has no parallel in Pakistan’s political history.
From behind bars, currently, he is the only lighthouse for those striving for genuine democracy, constitutionalism, and the rule of law.
Why is his imprisonment unprecedented in Pakistan’s political history?
1Arrested at the age of 72
2His wife, despite never holding public office, has also remained imprisoned for the last 20 months
3Three years in prison without release on bail
4At least 8 consecutive months in solitary confinement
5Denied family visits for 8 months
6Denied access to his lawyers for 8 months
7Facing 300+ cases
8Multiple court orders recognising his legal rights were ignored
9Subjected to jail trials, crushing the due process and fundamental rights
10A designated LFO (legal framework order) through constitutional changes was introduced just to prolong his imprisonment indefinitely
11Amnesty International, UN experts and bodies, human rights organisations, international media, and members of several foreign parliaments have several times admitted his and political victimisation
12Suffering deteriorating eyesight while being denied treatment acceptable to him and his family
13Access to his personal doctors for medical examinations has been denied on multiple occasions
14Despite everything, he has never publicly sought a compromise or pleaded with the authorities for personal relief
Why Imran Khan Day?
The UN observes 18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of his lifelong struggle against apartheid, and for democracy, reconciliation, and human rights.
The UN also observes 2 October, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as the International Day of Non-Violence.
The United States observes the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Israel banned Al Jazeera because it was showing the truth about what was happening in Palestine. Pakistan blocked Al Jazeera because it was showing the truth about what was happening in Azad Kashmir.
اسرائیل کے بعد اب پاکستان نے بھی الجزیرہ کو بین کر دیا ہے۔ کیا آپ بھی IDF کے طرز پر چلنا چاہتے ہیں؟ انہوں نے تو صرف آپ کے ہاتھوں قتل ہونے والے کشمیریوں کی تعداد بتائی تھی، اور یہ بھی بتایا تھا کہ ووٹر ٹرن آؤٹ نہ ہونے کے برابر تھا۔ اب ان تمام مظالم کا جواب دو جو تم نے کیے ہیں۔ یہ بین الاقوامی میڈیا ہے، اسے تم دھونس یا دباؤ سے خاموش نہیں کروا سکتے۔ عوا�� اور دنیا تمہاری بزدلی اور اصلیت جان چکی ہے!
پاکستانیوں، یہ ان بارہ سیٹوں کی حقیقت ہے، جس کی خاطر ان ظالموں نے کشمیر کو خون میں نہا دیا ہے! یہ فارم ڈاؤن لوڈ کر لیں! اس سے پہلے کہ یہ غیر قانونی حکومت X پہ دباؤ ڈال کے یہ ٹویٹ ڈیلیٹ کروانے کی کوشش کرے! ہمیں X کی پالیسی ٹیم تک پہنچنے کی بھی ضرورت ہے، تاکہ انھیں brief کیا جا سکے کہ پاکستان میں بدقسمتی سے Rule of Law اور Due Process نہیں ہے! اور پاکستان کی تمام عدالتیں فوجی افسر کنٹرول کرتے ہیں، اسلئے ان عدالتوں کو احکامات کو منانا امریکن آئین اور قانون کی خلاف ورزی ہے! @X