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Imran Khan’s Health Is a Human Rights Issue, Not a Political Privilege
Imran Khan’s Health Is a Human Rights Issue, Not a Political Privilege Pakistan’s Supreme Court has issued an important order concerning the health and basic rights of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan. On August 18, the Court directed the authorities to transfer Khan from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within two days for examination and treatment by a multidisciplinary medical board. His personal physician and his sister, Dr Uzma Khan, are also to be associated with…
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Are We Pakistanis Really Free?
Are We Pakistanis Really Free? Every year on 14 August, Pakistan celebrates Independence Day. Green flags fill our streets, patriotic songs echo everywhere, and we proudly remember the struggle that created an independent homeland in 1947. But amid these celebrations, there is a difficult question worth asking: Are we Pakistanis really free? Pakistan is certainly an independent and sovereign country. But independence of a country and freedom of its people are not exactly the same thing. True freedom means more…
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Report: Sri Lanka’s 2022 Aragalaya How the People’s Uprising Began, Succeeded, and What It Ultimately Achieved
Report: Sri Lanka’s 2022 “Aragalaya”, How the People’s Uprising Began, Succeeded, and What It Ultimately Achieved Sri Lanka’s 2022 mass protest movement, commonly called Aragalaya, Sinhala for “struggle” is often described as a revolution, although technically it was a broad, largely nonviolent popular uprising rather than a conventional armed revolution. It produced an extraordinary result: a sitting president fled the country and resigned. Yet removing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was only one of the protesters’ objectives. Their larger demand was “system…
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Bangladesh After the July Revolution: Did the People Get What They Wanted?
Bangladesh After the July Revolution: Did the People Get What They Wanted? From the Fall of Sheikh Hasina to the Struggle for a New Political Order! Bangladesh’s July–August 2024 uprising was one of the most consequential political events in the country’s history. What began as a student movement against quotas in government employment developed into a nationwide revolt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the political system that had evolved during her roughly fifteen years in power. By 5 August…
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Gaza’s Unanswered Cry: When Promises of Peace Fail to Stop the Killing
Gaza’s Unanswered Cry: When Promises of Peace Fail to Stop the Killing The announcement last week that Hamas had agreed to a framework involving the phased surrender and storage of its weapons, tied to an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, was seen by many as a potential turning point in one of the world’s deadliest conflicts. While the agreement remains conditional and faces major implementation challenges, it offered a rare glimpse of hope after years of bloodshed. Yet, for countless civilians…
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Pakistan’s Shrinking Civic Space: Media Restrictions and Human Rights Concerns
Pakistan’s Shrinking Civic Space: Media Restrictions and Human Rights Concerns Recent reports regarding the inaccessibility of Al Jazeera’s English website in Pakistan have once again raised concerns about press freedom and the broader state of civil liberties in the country. While this incident has attracted international attention, many journalists, human rights organizations, and media observers argue that it reflects a wider trend of increasing restrictions on independent reporting and democratic freedoms. Al Jazeera Access Restrictions Following Al Jazeera’s coverage of…
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