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16 Sep 20, 6 tweets, 7 min read
Pakistan's media is being squeezed to a conformist model by what pro-regime journalists call a "hybrid-government"

- Journalism must be PR
- Opinion intolerable
- Criticism illegal
#JournalismIsNotACrime

#Pakistan media: journos fabricate claims to immigrate abroad @fawadchaudhry

Offair @HamidMirPAK
Beaten @AsadAToor @UmarCheema1
Shot @AbsarAlamHaider
Abducted @Matiullahjan919 @realrazidada
Fired @najamsethi @TalatHussain12
Censored @asmashirazi @AzazSyed
International observers, from the UN to human rights activists have refused to believe Pakistani govt's repeated assertions that there's a free press and no culture of intimidation with impunity. The space for free speech continues to shrink #FreeMedia
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Counter-Terror Wing in Pakistan summons journalist @nadeemmalik

(Not-so) Funny is support coming from politicians who enacted & expanded laws to curb freedom.

#nayapakistan for media is a continuation of old #Pakistan
Media in #Pakistan.

"Free" say the people in power.

"Not so free" say those being intimidated, coerced, silenced.

Tragic: journalist asks to hide in colleague's house b/c he can't buy uniform or pay school fees.

Media in #Pakistan specially journalists not on "payrolls" are in diabolical state underpaid, unpaid for months & facing threats @pfujpakistan
@pressfreedom

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I asked a senior leader of the #Taliban

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2 Nov 20
Several gunmen with shotguns in #Vienna as a wide security operation is underway.

At least 1 person killed and several seriously injured, including a police officer. At least six crime scenes and one attacker shot dead by police
Austrian interior minister Karl Nehammer calls it a terror attack in #Vienna.

The incident took place near the central Schwedenplatz square.

Police have cordoned off many streets and urging people to avoid the area and not to take public transport.

EU foreign affairs rep @JosepBorrellF says "shocked and moved by the terrible news about tonight’s attacks in #Vienna. A cowardly act of violence and hate...We stand by your side "

CCTV video via @BittonRosen
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1 Nov 20
Protesters gather in Istanbul against the publication of caricatures. Strong words against "infidel" #Macron. Image
Organisers say they tried insulting our prophet in 2015 and now under Macron they do it again. The garb of free expression has been unmasked by the naked aggression.

Protesters shout "the hands which reach for our prophet will be broken" Image
Protesters accuse France of oppressing muslims. They say Macron is feeling the pain from Libya, the Mediterranean and Aarmenia, he wants to take it out on the Muslims by allowing #Charlie_Hebdo to publish insulting caricatures.

The crowd chants.
#Istanbul #Turkey
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27 Jun 20
Lessons for countries with
-rotting economies
-reliance on loans
-shrinking industry
-devalued currency
-inept bureaucracy
-endemic corruption
-powerful clergy's clout in politics &
-bloated military
The abyss awaits should you not make tough choices NOW while facing the pandemic
Forget running tanks and planes ... if you do not get your finances in order, your hospitals will shut down.

So many lessons from #Lebanon for failing economies.

For diapers!...

The Lebanese pound was 9000+ on the black market today. People are desperate. Crime is rising. This video shows an armed man holding up a pharmacy & demanding...diapers. “No one get smart after I’ve gone” he warns via @LizSly
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26 Jan 20
Escalation in #Nasiriya

After crossing the bridge, protesters surrounded police HQ of #dhiqar province. Reports say 60 protesters & 20 security forces injured in clashes

Earlier angry protesters burnt police vehicles reacting to a brutal crackdown which killed 4 &wounded dozens
Clashes have continued throughout the day in #Nasiriyah
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Southern Iraq's protests much larger & being repressed the hardest
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4 Jan 20
Explosion in #Baghdad. Reports say a projectile landed in the Green Zone
Multiple projectiles (unclear if rockets of mortars) hit near the fortified US embassy compound. Explosion heard by witnesses nearby. No casualties reported so far.

Lots of rumours flying around, awaiting official confirmation from Iraqi and US security
Breaking: Another attack in Salahuddin province. According to security forces, two rockets landed on a storage compound inside #Balad airbase north of #Baghdad, without any casualties. Sirens heard inside the base.

#Iraq is on the edge tonight...
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