Author: Pakistan Trade Union Solidarity
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Solidarity campaign secures release of abducted socialists in Pakistan
On Friday, all of the 11 Marxist activists and members of the Progressive Youth Alliance and the Red Workers’ Front, who were abducted by the Pakistani security forces last week were released. This is a huge victory for the solidarity campaign, which ran on the 25th and 26th of April, both in Pakistan and on…
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Cambridge students showed solidarity with the PTUS Campaign
A gathering of Pakistani students in Cambridge was held today at the Graduate Union Lounge of Cambridge University, today on 29 April 2018. During the event, PTUS UK organiser made a speech and introduced about the PTUS Campaign, the incidence of the abduction of workers and youth in Karachi and their release, and a brief…
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The comrades are free and defiant! Formerly abducted comrade, Aftab Ashraf sends a message
Leading comrade of the Red Workers’ Front, Aftab Ashraf, has also recorded a video statement after being released by the Rangers. We publish it here: Here we have images of some of the comrades who were abducted, including Aftab, defiant in the face of their ordeal:
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Protests against state abductions continue in Pakistan. The movement advances!
Protests and demonstrations continue against the abductions in different parts of Pakistan, including Multan, Rawalakot, Buner, Dadu and Quetta: #ReleaseOurComrades #PYA #RWF #IMT #ReleasePoliticalActivists #PashtunTahafuzMovement #PTM #LalSalaam
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All the activists have been released: international solidarity campaign victorious!
It has been confirmed that the last of our abducted Pakistani activists have been released by the Rangers. We are relieved to have them back safely and grateful to all of our supporters who participated in our solidarity campaign, which was instrumental in securing the abductees. We publish the following message from the Progressive Youth…
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35 more arrested in Lahore! #ReleaseOurComrades
The leadership of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) issued a solidarity appeal last night on social media and asked for protests across the country for the nine comrades arrested by the Rangers. In one protest in Lahore today, however, there was a crackdown, and many left-wing activists, over 35 in total from different organisations, were…
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Six comrades have been released in Karachi! Three more to be released tomorrow
Today, as has already been announced, three more comrades have been released from the Rangers’ headquarters Karachi, making a total of six who have been freed. Three comrades, Bilawal Baloch, Mohammed Gulbaz and Umar Riaz, remain in custody and the Rangers have said they will be released tomorrow, 27 April. Click here for the latest…
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International campaign continues: release our Pakistani comrades!
The international campaign demanding the release of our comrades, who were abducted by the Rangers in Karachi on 22 April, continues to build. There have been demonstrations at Pakistani embassies all over the world, and our official petition has acquired thousands of signatories, including from some prominent figures from the political left and trade union…
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Latest news on abducted comrades!
Yesterday, we had a fantastic response from comrades around the world, protesting the abductions in Pakistan. The good news is that three of our comrades were released today: Aftab Ashraf, Karim Parhar and Zain ul Abidin. However, the Rangers are refusing to release the other three comrades, who remain in custody in their headquarters in…
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Solidarity from around the world
While everything is being done to get the comrades released in Pakistan, around the world our campaign for protest letters and emails got under way. Today, on 25 April, Pakistani embassies and consulates in different countries were picketed, with supporters handing in signed petitions and demanding that action be taken to free the abducted comrades.…
