Author: Pakistan Trade Union Solidarity
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4 June: International Day of Action – Help Us Free Ehsan Ali
Over 60 days since their unjust arrest, Ehsan Ali and other leading members of the Awami Action Committee are still being held on false charges and in dire conditions in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Free Ehsan Ali Campaign is calling for an international day of action, to be held on 4 June. JOIN US outside of Pakistan’s…
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Jeremy Corbyn backs campaign to Free Ehsan Ali!
Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour Party leader, current Leader of Your Party and Independent MP for Islington North, has backed our campaign for justice! In an interview with one of our campaigners in Birmingham on Wednesday, he expressed solidarity with the people of the Kashmir region in their fight for freedom, democracy and a decent existence.…
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URGENT: Three activists arrested in Hunza
Following a police crackdown against a protest in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, three supporters of the Awami Action Committee have been arrested: Tehseen Javed, Suhail and Fazal. Police raids are being conducted at the homes of other participants. We demand an end to this brutal repression! The protest of 4 May was organised by the AAC and…
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Trade Unions and Youth Groups Demand Freedom for Ehsan Ali and the AAC
As our campaign to free Ehsan Ali and the other imprisoned leaders of the Awami Action Committee continues, a number of major trade unions and youth groups have passed motions and made statements in solidarity. The British Medical Association (BMA) – a trade union representing over 200,000 doctors in Britain – recently stated that it…
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Amnesty International Backs the Free Ehsan Ali Campaign
Amnesty International, the most prominent human rights organisation in the world, has called for Ehsan Ali and other unjustly imprisoned leaders of the Awami Action Committee to be released. Their statement notes: “Amnesty International calls on the Pakistani authorities to immediately release all detained AAC activists and drop all charges against them related to their…
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Hundreds Rally Worldwide to Demand Freedom for Ehsan Ali and AAC Leaders
On 2 April, hundreds of supporters, students and trade union activists assembled outside Pakistani diplomatic missions across the globe in a coordinated international day of action demanding the immediate release of Ehsan Ali and all other detained leaders of the Awami Action Committee in Gilgit-Baltistan (AAC-GB). The protests were organised against a backdrop of real…
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Pakistan: Ehsan Ali and AAC leaders arrested again
Advocate Ehsan Ali, chairman of the Awami Action Committee (AAC) of Gilgit-Baltistan, was arrested on the night of 10 March after police raided his home in Gilgit. In the days that followed, the homes of several other AAC leaders were raided and four more detained: Nusrat Hussain, Mehboob Wali, Nafees Advocate and Mehar Ali. Two…
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Quetta: Oath-Taking Ceremony of All Balochistan Clerks and Technical Employees Association, Fisheries Unit
The oath-taking ceremony of the All Balochistan Clerks and Technical Employees Association, Fisheries Department Unit, was held with great enthusiasm and energy. The ceremony was attended not only by a large number of employees and workers from the Fisheries Department, but also by leaders of the Balochistan Grand Alliance, including Professor Qudoos Kakar, Ali Asghar…
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Bhakkar: The Crisis Facing Agriculture and the Plight of Farmers
In Pakistan today, ordinary farmers are forced to live in extreme poverty and destitution. Under state patronage, the plunder by fertiliser factory owners, sugar mill cartels, independent power producers (IPPs), large landowners, and middlemen continues unabated. Crops are purchased for a pittance, and farmers are trapped year after year in a vicious cycle of devastating…
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Sindh: How Can the Strike of Government Employees and Workers Be Made Successful?
At present, the economic crisis has intensified across the entire world. This economic crisis is a global organic crisis of the capitalist system, as a result of which the ruling class is bent on implementing measures such as wage cuts, pension reductions, job losses, privatisation of public institutions, downsizing, and forced retirements. These policies have…
