Monthly Archives: August 2014

        “We can never forgive interning authority for the cruel atrocities of killing voiceless prisoners never ever given a chance to justice and due process of law” Amina Masood Janjua (DHR, Pakistan)  International Day For Victims of … Continue reading →

          “Nobody understands a mother’s pain. I’m a victim, there are many like us. APDP was founded from my pain, from all of these mother’s pain.” Parveena Ahangar (Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons) Human rights campaigners … Continue reading →

British resident Shaker Aamer has reportedly been beaten at Guantánamo Bay, in evidence of a new crackdown on prisoners protesting their detention without charge. In new letters received by legal charity Reprieve, detainees reveal what one calls a new “standard procedure” … Continue reading →

Announcing formation of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Since the launch of military operation Zarb-e-Asb in North Waziristan, Pakistan (June 2014) against local and foreign insurgent groups dominant in the region, the media have been able to access regular official updates from ISPR (Inter … Continue reading →

Obama and US foreign policy like an episode from “Soap” Following the recent twists and turns of US government foreign policy, counter-terrorism strategy and human rights advocacy in relation to Iraq and Syria has become akin to watching an episode … Continue reading →

  News from FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Lawyers Forum (Statement 12th August 2014)  ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday allowed two private members’ bills to be moved, including a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Peshawar High Court and … Continue reading →

         Farah (left) tweets from Israeli controlled Gaza, Anne (right) wrote a diary in German occupied Holland When I came across the tweets of Farah “Gazan”, a 16 year old Palestinian teenager from a bombed out and shattered Gaza Strip, I … Continue reading →

Would Nawaz Sharif ignore a customized drone if it hit an aircraft? (Photo WABC) PAKISTAN… What has happened to Pakistan’s drone activists… this is not the time to be selective… you are either for or against the use of drones… … Continue reading →

         Protesters occupy the roof of a “drone” factory, Shenstone (left) and one of Gaza’s tiny victims (right)  London Palestine Action, a network of people in London taking creative action against Israeli apartheid through Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) began … Continue reading →

         Devastation of military ops, Waziristan (left) and father of 4 dies of sunstroke during displacement, surrounded by his children (right) photo via Ihsan Tipu In recent weeks the world has watched in horror as Gaza is … Continue reading →