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Land struggles

By thehighasia
July 2, 2021
in :  Conflict, Development, Human Rights, Opinion, Pakistan, Resistance, Slider
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land grabbing

Pakistan, where land developers of all stripes are facilitated by all mainstream political parties and the judiciary. Where sitting provincial and federal governments go to great lengths to point out how this rampant conversion of people’s livelihoods and shelter for profits of the few is a central plank of their development strategy. Where the laundered proceeds of real estate development are given safe passage and an ‘agreeable adjustment’, and where those resisting this injustice like activists of the Awami Workers Party, the Sindhi rights movements, and the farmers’ movements in Lahore and Sheikhupura, are subjected to repression, imprisonment, and coercion.

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Speakers vow to resist attacks on media, judiciary

By thehighasia
June 18, 2021
in :  Democracy, Human Rights, Judiciary, Media, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance
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Lawyers' moot

Leaders of lawyers' and media bodies, human rights defenders, and parliamentarians Thursday vowed to resist increasing assault on judiciary and media.

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Massive protests by Leftwing activists across Pakistan against Israeli atrocities

By thehighasia
May 18, 2021
in :  Human Rights, Latest News, Middle East, Politics, Resistance, Slider, UN, World
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Activists of the Leftwing AWP, WDF, PrSF, PSC and media persons condemn the complicity of Muslim states, imperialist powers in killings of Palestinians, including children; demand international community's intervention to stop the continued attacks and genocide of Palestinians by Israel.

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May Day manifesto

By thehighasia
April 30, 2021
in :  History, Latest, Marxism, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Resistance, Revolution, Slider, Socialism, World
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Covid-19 has shown how much we miss a powerful workers movement.

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Remembering Mashal means resisting politics of hate

By thehighasia
April 13, 2021
in :  extremism, Features, Latest, Marxism, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Slider, Socialism, Terrorism
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by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar When Mashal Khan was brutally lynched four years ago, the Tehrik-e-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) was still a relatively new and unknown force. As we remember Mashal today, the TLP has dramatically become Pakistan’s most powerful Islamist group, with unmatched mobilizational capacity. TLP activists block roads in various cities of Punjab, Sindh and KP to protest the detention of …

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Political parties, lawyers support PFUJ long march

By thehighasia
March 6, 2021
in :  Conflict, Democracy, extremism, Features, Governance, Human Rights, Latest, Latest News, Media, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Political parties and lawyers have expressed their resolve to fight for the freedom of the press, expression guaranteed in the Constitution. They called for an end to muffling of the freedom of media and expression, repressive censorship, press advice, retrenchments of journalists and media workers, payment of salaries, the abolition of the unjust and discriminatory advertisement policy of the federal government and implementation of the 8th Wage Board Award.

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Conservation: academic critiques fortress model

By thehighasia
February 1, 2021
in :  Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, History, Latest, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Wildlife
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Calls for a community-driven and managed approach in Gilgit-Baltistan By: Anmol, Shams Uddin & Anayat Baig Karachi: The neoliberal development and conservation have failed to achieve the objectives of protecting endangered species rather than endangering the indigenous communities and nature. The market-driven model of conservation is aimed at colonization and securitization of people living in peripheries through the occupation of …

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Dadhocha Dam: landowners protest forced eviction

By thehighasia
January 4, 2021
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Economy, Environment, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, Legal, Pakistan, People, Resistance, Slider
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Local people say they will not vacate their ancestral land without a settlement plan or resettlement by Punjab government; They demand increase in compensation rate for their land. HAH Report Rawalpindi: Affected people of Dadhocha dam organised a public meeting and peaceful protest march here on Sunday against forced displacement without rehabilitation, seeking a substantial increase in compensation rate for …

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Are we out of our minds?

By thehighasia
November 27, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, National, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Socialism, South Asia
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Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at various campuses across the country and its administered areas on issues pertaining to student life, gender, education, class, ethnicity, race, etc.? Why have we wasted our time in searching for those who share our principles, dreams, and resolve? Why have …

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Five more prisoners of conscience freed today

By thehighasia
November 24, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Law, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Of the total 14 political prisoners, 10 have been so far freed in three phases. AWP leader Baba Jan, Iftikhar Karbalai and two others are likely to be released on November 27 and 30. High Asia Herald Report Five prisoners from Hunza with political activists after their release from Gahkush jail on Tuesday, Nov 4. Photo: Rahim Khan GILGIT: Five …

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Free Baba Jan slogan echoes across GB, Pakistan

By thehighasia
October 10, 2020
in :  Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Judiciary, Latest, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Slider
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By Amir Roshan A massive protest joined by mourners on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala at Aliabad Hunza on October 8. Photo by Ali Ahmed As sit-in and protest rallies for the release of Awami Workers Party (AWP) leaders Baba Jan, Aleemullah Balkhan, Iftikhar Karbalai, and 11 other imprisoned youth continue, more people pour into Aliabad …

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Hunza is waking up!

By thehighasia
October 8, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Rizwan K. Qalandar Baba Jan’s father (R) Bahadur Jan and counsel Ehsan Ali Advocate at the sit-in at Aliabad Hunza. File photo Hunza sit-in for the release of 14 political prisoners incarcerating for over nine years in Damas jail in Ghizer District enters its fourth day. The prisoners of Hunza were convicted by an Anti-Terrorism Court under fabricated charges of …

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AWP expresses solidarity with Shahab, family

By thehighasia
October 7, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Legal, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Socialism, Society, Terrorism
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News Desk AWP deputy secretary Ismat Shahjehan, Usman Gujjar, Sher Rehman, and Sayed Alam offer condolences to Shahab Khattak on the tragic death of his elder brother Prof Naeemuddin Khattak. Photo by HAH MNA Ali Wazeer and PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen offer condolences to Shahab Khattak A delegation of the Awami Workers Party Party led by Deputy secretary Ismat Shahjahan, …

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‘Men will be men’ versus ‘my body my right’

By thehighasia
October 4, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Feminism, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Resistance, Slider, Society, Women
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By Sana Basim ‘Men will be men’ and ‘my body my right’. These are the most famous slogans of our times but the connotations and perceptions behind both slogans are completely different. Our religious leaders always have a dominant role to endorse this mindset, despite most of the child abuse cases reported by Mudrassa teachers, still, influential religious leaders normally …

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How capitalism drives cancel culture

By thehighasia
July 16, 2020
in :  Education, extremism, Features, Feminism, Human Rights, Latest, Literature, Media, Opinion, Politics, Resistance, Saudi Arabia, Slider, Socialism, Society, US, Women, World
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Beware of splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact. by Helen Lewis Tumbrels are rattling through the streets of the internet. Over the past few years, online-led social movements have deposed gropers, exposed bullies — and, sometimes, ruined the lives of the innocent. Commentators warn of “mob justice,” while activists exult in their newfound power to change the …

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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