Reminder 28 January 2025: #IllegalMilitaryTrials

*𝑰𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2024, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 & 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍, 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 85 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒐 10 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒚, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 & 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔.*

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐲 (𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝), 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Over 100 innocent Pakistanis have suffered illegal, unconstitutional military trials; in the aftermath of #May9th_FalseFlag operation in 2023, which was used as an excuse by the illegitimate, authoritarian, fascist regime to not only decimate Imran Khan’s PTI, but also spread fear, chaos & panic amongst the nation.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬.

According to Amnesty International @amnesty:
“Trying civilians in military courts is contrary to international law.
Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Pakistan has ratified, guarantees the right to a trial before a ‘competent, independent, and impartial tribunal established by law.

Amnesty International has documented a catalogue of human right violations stemming from trying civilians in military courts in Pakistan, including flagrant disregard for due process, lack of transparency, coerced confessions, and executions after grossly unfair trials. Therefore, any indication that the trial of civilians could be held in military courts is incompatible with Pakistan’s obligations under international human rights law.

This is purely an intimidation tactic, designed to crack down on dissent by exercising fear of an institution that has never been held to account for its overreach.
The right to a fair trial, guaranteed by Pakistan’s constitution, is severely undermined by this move and cannot be justified. It must be struck down immediately.”

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#EndMilitaryTrials

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