Tag: Pakistan
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Update: AAC supporters in Hunza released, Ehsan Ali still under ‘anti-terror’ surveillance
Three supporters of the Awami Action Committee in Hunza, who were arrested last week during a police crackdown at a peaceful sit-in, have now been released. While this is an important victory, the legal case against them has not been cancelled, leaving them threatened with future persecution by the authorities. In addition, Ehsan Ali’s petition…
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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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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…
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Pakistan: How Can the Workers’ Movement Advance?
In recent years, the working class in Pakistan has faced the worst attacks in the country’s history. The capitalist ruling class and the military-civil state elite, under IMF directives, are transferring the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the working class. New policies amounting to economic slaughter of workers are being introduced on a…
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Sindh: Government Employees Launch Province-Wide Strike Against Anti-Worker Measures!
The series of economic attacks on working people by rulers acting as agents of the IMF and other imperialist institutions continues unabated. In this same vein, in Sindh—just like all other provinces—the People’s Party, which calls itself the so-called torchbearer of democracy, has implemented anti-worker policies. These include pension reforms, non-payment of DRA (Disparity Reduction…
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International Trade Unions Rally Behind Arrested Gilgit-Baltistan Activists
International Solidarity Campaign Gains Momentum for Ahsan Ali and AAC-GB Leaders The arrest and detention of key leaders from the Awaami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (AAC-GB) has sparked a powerful wave of solidarity across British trade unions, with multiple branches and conferences passing emergency motions demanding their immediate release. Background: Arrests Spark International Solidarity The Pakistani…
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URGENT SOLIDARITY APPEAL – Release Arrested Leaders of the Awaami Action Committee Gilgit Baltistan!
Leaders Arrested for Standing Against Exploitation Working class activists worldwide protest the arrest of the leaders of the Awaami Action Committee Gilgit Baltistan (AAC-GB) by police in Pakistan. We send our solidarity to the arrested workers leaders, who are facing repression for opposing the plunder of the land and resources of the region by the…
