Pakistan

Stop the torture! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!Stop the torture! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

Stop the torture! Free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

The report below is excerpted from Pakistan Aaj TV, followed by excerpts from The News. Incarcerated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui…

December 13, 2023
Pakistan: Climate catastrophe caused by Global NorthPakistan: Climate catastrophe caused by Global North

Pakistan: Climate catastrophe caused by Global North

Following months of intense humidity and a catastrophic heat wave — temperatures reaching upwards of 124 F — Pakistan is…

September 12, 2022
Pakistan: Brutal lynching of Priyantha KumaraPakistan: Brutal lynching of Priyantha Kumara

Pakistan: Brutal lynching of Priyantha Kumara

Sialkot, Pakistan — Last week a mob tortured and then lit Priyantha Kumara on fire. Kumara, a Sri Lankan, was…

December 17, 2021
U.S. protesters demand release and repatriation of Aafia SiddiquiU.S. protesters demand release and repatriation of Aafia Siddiqui

U.S. protesters demand release and repatriation of Aafia Siddiqui

Reprint from Al Jazeera Excerpts from an article in Al Jazeera Dozens of protesters and human rights activists are calling…

October 28, 2021
Free U.S. political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!Free U.S. political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

Free U.S. political prisoner Dr. Aafia Siddiqui!

The case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is another great miscarriage of justice in the long history of the U.S. legal-carceral…

October 21, 2021
Pakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacementPakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacement

Pakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacement

Karachi — On June 6, the Sindh Action Committee organized a protest and sit-in to draw attention to the systematic…

July 1, 2021
Pakistan: Resistance to state violence continuesPakistan: Resistance to state violence continues

Pakistan: Resistance to state violence continues

On the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Fitr, Gujjar Nala and Orangi Nala residents, known as affectees, established a protest camp outside…

June 2, 2021
Asia del Sur: El afán de lucro impulsa el desalojo de los pobresAsia del Sur: El afán de lucro impulsa el desalojo de los pobres

Asia del Sur: El afán de lucro impulsa el desalojo de los pobres

En Pakistán, Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT), una alianza de activistas locales que luchan contra los desalojos y las apropiaciones ilegales…

May 19, 2021
South Asia: Drive for profit fuels effort to evict poorSouth Asia: Drive for profit fuels effort to evict poor

South Asia: Drive for profit fuels effort to evict poor

In Pakistan, Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT), an alliance of local activists struggling against evictions and illegal land grabs, reported that…

May 12, 2021
Pakistan: Hazara people resist ongoing genocidePakistan: Hazara people resist ongoing genocide

Pakistan: Hazara people resist ongoing genocide

Jan. 10 — On Jan. 3, gunmen abducted and executed 11 coal miners, all of whom belonged to Pakistan’s Hazara…

January 11, 2021