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Pakistan: Respect Rights in Response to Balochistan March

Free Those Detained for Peaceful Protest, Restore Internet Access

(New York) – Pakistani authorities should exercise restraint in responding to demonstrations in Balochistan province, release all detained for peaceful protest, and restore internet access, Human Rights Watch said today.

Since July 28, 2024, Pakistani authorities have detained hundreds of people in response to the Baloch National Gathering, a march seeking to raise awareness of human rights concerns in Balochistan. Some protesters reportedly attacked security forces, killing one soldier and injuring others. Baloch activists have alleged that government security forces have used excessive force to prevent protesters from reaching the port city of Gwadar, the end point of the march. Government authorities have imposed an internet shutdown on Gwadar.

“Pakistani authorities should uphold the right to peaceful protest and assembly, and when nonviolent means prove ineffective use only the minimum force needed,” said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “It’s vitally important for the authorities to protect protesters’ rights while preventing the situation in Balochistan from spiraling out of control.”

The Baloch National Gathering has called for accountability for the numerous cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan over many years. Such “disappearances” have long been a feature of the conflict between the government and armed militants in Balochistan. Pakistan’s security forces have also carried out enforced disappearances to silence peaceful critics of the government.

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that some of the march’s organizers received threats to call off the march or face arrest or enforced disappearance. Since July 28, protesters have blocked roads, demanding the release of detained colleagues.

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Pakistan never fails to raise its voice for Kashmiris and Palestinians, claiming to champion human rights. But what about the Baloch people? The Ahmadi Muslims? The Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and other minorities suffering discrimination and violence within Pakistan?

Where are the protests for missing Baloch students? Why is there silence when Ahmadis are declared non-Muslims by law, their mosques attacked, their graves desecrated? Why no outrage when minorities are forcibly converted, attacked, or denied justice?

You can’t demand justice abroad while turning a blind eye at home. Real solidarity means standing for all oppressed voices, not just the ones that fit your political narrative.

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I woke up to Balochistan declaring themselves independent from Pakistan? Happy independence day ig😭

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1947 pakistan attacked first

1965 pakistan attacked first

1971 pakistan attacked first

1999 pakistan attacked first

2001 terrorist attack by pakistan

2006 terrorist attack by pakistan

2008 11/26 terrorist attack by pakistan

2016 terrorist attack by pakistan

2019 terrorist attack by pakistan

2025 terrorist attack by pakistan

yet the cries for peace and humanity only echo when India retaliates.

the world weeps when terrorist camps are reduced to dust—but stayed silent when our people were turned to ashes. was our blood not red enough to stain headlines? did it not matter, just because it flowed quietly through classrooms and prayer halls in Poonch? where was the outrage when bombs fell on unaware children in response to us shelling their terrorists? when prayers were silenced mid-sentence in Gurudwara?

was peace not a global concern then?

was humanity not an international concern when our unarmed citizens were hunted down and killed right in front of their family—mercilessly shot in the name of religion—when all they wanted was to enjoy a vacation with their families in the hills of Pahalgam?

do only terrorists deserve mercy? not the child clutching his dead father’s shirt? not the mother who still sets a plate for the son who’ll never come home?

why does the world stay silent when we mourn, but raise its voice when we defend?

do the hands that carry weapons of hate deserve more compassion than the hands that held their daughter’s as they died?

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Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its existence here.

The last time the Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus), the smallest of the world’s 13 known otter species, was recorded by scientists in Nepal was in 1839.

“After years of speculation about its presence in Nepal, we can finally confirm that the small-clawed otter lives on in the country,” said Mohan Bikram Shrestha, the lead author of a short note published in the latest edition of the bulletin of the Otter Specialist Group at the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority.

Although historically three species of otters are believed to occur in Nepal, modern researchers had until now only confirmed the presence of smooth-coated otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) and Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra), with a question mark hanging over the small-clawed otter. During that time, reports have come in, never confirmed until now, of small-clawed otter sightings in Makalu Barun National Park in Nepal’s eastern Himalayas and Kailali and Kapilvastu districts in the western plains...

“As it was found in a fragile and injured state, the forest officers decided to feed and nurse it, but they didn’t know which species it belonged to,” Shrestha. The forest officers, led by Rajeev Chaudhary, shared the images and video of the animal, known locally as saano owt, with the IUCN Otter Specialist Group. The members of the group then confirmed it to be a small-clawed otter.

The discovery comes after the species was confirmed for the first time in 2022 in the Darjeeling area of neighboring India, which shares a similar topography with eastern Nepal. “Following the discovery in Darjeeling, we had been keeping our eyes open for the species in eastern Nepal, but it showed up in the west,” Shrestha said.

There have also been reports of sightings of the animal in the eastern parts of the country, but none of them have been confirmed.

The Asian small-clawed otter is classified as vulnerable to extinction on the IUCN Red List. Its range stretches from Indonesia in the east to Nepal in the west...

As for smooth-coated otters, although their presence in the country has never been in question, sightings of them still excite conservationists. This was especially the case in Chitwan National Park, where their reappearance in September 2023 after two decades spurred calls for more research.

“This is an incredibly significant finding,” Sanjan Thapa, deputy coordinator of the Otter Specialist Group’s Himalayan region, said of the latest development. “We had long suspected that the Asian small-clawed otter might still survive in Nepal, but without concrete evidence, its status remained uncertain.”

Thapa, part of the team that confirmed the 2023 sighting of the smooth-coated otter in Chitwan, said researchers tend to feel a bit edgy about a species when it hasn’t been reported for more than 50 years.

“We had received suggestions that we remove the small-clawed otter from the Nepal otter list as it hadn’t been found for a long time,” he said. “However, we decided not to do so in the hope that it would be rediscovered sooner or later.”

The discovery adds to the challenge of saving Nepal’s otters as the country prepares to finalize and implement an action plan for otters, Thapa said. “Now that we have concrete proof that the small-clawed otter is also found in Nepal, we need to incorporate it in our policies and programs,” he said.

Both Eurasian and smooth-coated otters are protected under the country’s Aquatic Animal Protection Act. The newly rediscovered species, however, isn’t on the list. “The first step would be to add the species to the list,” Thapa said."

-via Mongabay, February 5, 2025

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Just saw a post by a notorious hinduphobic blog talking about how our “xenophobia and entitlement” Is responsible for the hostility of our neighbouring countries towards us and how our attitudes towards muslims in our neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh is a “lost cause”.

Meanwhile Pakistanis talking on national television about how they would love to enslave and rape Indian women and Bangladeshis infiltrating into Indian territory and living with fake ids and aadhar cards. Asim Munir literally espousing the two nation theory and spewing venom about how Hindus are different than Muslims and how Pakistan was made for muslims, this was literally days before the brutal Pahalgam attack btw where terrorists from Pakistan entered India and slaughtered tourists by checking them for being Hindus. They literally pulled pants of the hindu men down and checked for circumcision before shooting them in-front of their wives and children.

They’re not even ready to accept how our neighbouring countries were made on the basis of the two nation theory where Muslims didn’t want to live with Hindus and wanted a separate Islamic state. Ig that isn’t xenophobic or entitlement for op or maybe op just lives for selective outrage and being Hinduphobic on tumblr.

Sometimes I fear about people with these ignorant and stupid mindsets multiplying enough to do serious damage to the country. God save us from these self sabotaging idiots.

P.s India has tried multiple times to strive for peace with these countries. Both the UPA government as well as the ruling government rn tried to befriend a hostile Pakistan for decades. Ig op missed Atal ji’s visit to Pakistan or even Modi’s visit to the country after his win. Also how Indira Gandhi gave up 93k Pakistani prisoners of war back to Pakistan and we even had our troops retreat from Lahore after Pakistan lost the wars. I won’t even speak about how India literally helped liberate Bangladesh from the genocidal Pakistanis and yet today violent and anti India sentiments are seen across the population of Bangladesh.

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While the entire Bollywood stayed silent on operation sindoor a girl named Sharmishta decided to speak up against Pakistan and the violation of the ceasefire by the Pakistani army, she got hundreds of abuses from Pakistani accounts in her comments who were abusing her religion, Hindu gods and using hinduphobic slurs against her. She refuted them all but lost her cool and ended up making some comments about Prophet Mohammed against the abuses she was getting about hindu deities. Some media outlet singled out her comments against prophet Mohammed and now she had been made the target for all islamists who are threatening to behead her and kill her. Some people even doxed her online.

This is the state Hindus are in a Hindu majority country.

This is how voices are silenced and dog whistles are made to get people lynched.

This is so fucked up. I’m scared for this girl.

IstandWithSharmishta. 💔

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Anybody knows what temple did Modi build? Last time I checked the Ram temple was entirely financed by donations from Hindus from around the globe.

Anyways, these are the same people that whine day in and day out about “human rights violations” in Kashmir and the military presence there and in the same breath criticise the government for being “weak” and not able to protect Hindus from a literal terrorist attack.

Classic leftist bullshit, blame all parties, blame hindus for their own deaths and end the entire heated mess with the classic “I hate the Indian government” and the cute lil “kys” in the tags.

The entire anti Hindutva and anti sanghi bullshit is a dogwhistle for hinduphobia because these people cannot stand an outspoken Hindu with a spine.

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Find your state 🧚🏻‍♂️

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Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

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Security alert: Your orb was pondered from a new location

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pepsi fandom looove the idea of dbsj switching leaders, but screw that omg i wanna see them switch /maknaes/. around his chaotic sj hyungs, max would happily regress into the evil persona he buried post-schism, but it would be just another tuesday to leeteuk... meanwhile uknow would literally not know what tf to do with an entire cho kyuhyun even if on his best behaviour, and kyuhyun would slowly lose his will to live in the face of uknow's infamous passion

it's what they all deserve 😌✊

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TVXQ Changmin Bubble 10/04

He went on a trip to Australia recently for a week secretly! He says he had a good time and enjoyed himself before the coming months of non-stop promotion. He also talked about soccer etc.

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[Jaejoong & Junsu JX 2024 Concert in Seoul]

I love their friendship so much 🥺🩷

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yunho on changmin: "changmin has always been working next to me. he's never complained and has always worked hard in a quiet manner. when i see him i can feel his strong sense of responsibility. besides, we trust each other so much that i really have nothing more to say about what changmin does." — Numéro TOKYO (Jan/Feb 2025 special)

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changmin on yunho: "when you're a teenager, you are passionate because you keep running towards your dreams with all your heart. but i think it's normal that as you get older, you lose that kind of assertiveness. that's because you seek stability in life, you have more things to protect, and you become less adventurous. in a way, i think that's natural and inevitable. but yunho has always been assertive and passionate since he was a teenager. he hasn't changed at all since then. my impression of yunho is still the same as when we first met, in a good way. of course, i also see him accepting the current situation and reality and moving forward stronger, and when i see that, i feel like he's pushing me to overcome any obstacle, and pushing me to continue moving forward. i really respect that passion. — Numéro TOKYO (Jan/Feb 2025 special)