Famine, From Bad to Worse
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar As the famine in southern Somalia worsens, aid experts fear that corruption and the politics of terrorism are crimping the flow of humanitarian relief to areas where starvation is worst. Abundant U.S. aid targeted for the Horn of Africa cannot directly reach starving people in southern Somalia because it’s blocked by … Read more
ICG Report: Countering Militancy in FATA
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on October 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
According to the International Crisis Group, “The military operation in South Waziristan is unlikely to succeed in curbing the spread of religious militancy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), unless the Pakistan government implements political reforms in that part of the country. Pakistani Taliban groups have gained significant power in the tribal agencies, seven … Read more
AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE ZARINA MARRI CASE
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
After the horrifying story of the forced sex slavery of Zarina Marri, a young Baloch schoolteacher, at the hands of Pakistani military agencies was brought to light, many people – including members of ‘civil society’ and otherwise vocal defenders of human rights – have requested ‘verification’ of the story, which they assert needs to come … Read more
Filed under Malik Siraj Akbar · Tagged with Afia Siddiqui, Alia Amir Ali, AN OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE ZARINA MARRI CASE, Asian Human Rights Commission, Baloch, Balochistan, Bangladesh, Dr. Shahzia Khalid, Human Rights Watch, International Crisis Group, Munir Mengal, Naseerabad 'burying alive' incident, Pakistan, school teacher, young Baloch woman school teacher, Zarina Marri, Zarina Marri case, Zia-ul-Haq
