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11 May, 6 tweets, 3 min read
The loudest voices of human rights of Pakistanis, Baloch, & Pashtuns are quiet as dead on the genocidal oppression & killings of Palestinians.

Searched through few prominent accounts and found no mention Palestine or Israel, let alone them calling out the ongoing HR violations!
Here is a quick exhibit. The very few search results are of either of false moral equivalence or of cheap sarcasm.
1. twitter.com/search?q=Pales…
2. twitter.com/search?q=Pales…
3. twitter.com/search?q=Pales…

She came & asked for the list & names of those whom I talked about in my first tweet thinking that my tweet and assertion was unfounded.

I didn't mention anyone by that time as I didn't want to name or shame anyone. But when this was provided, goal posts have been changed. Image
You can read my reply to her here.

Since there was nothing to counter me with, she came up with a lame defense, also inconsistent with her own previous takes on 'selective outrage'.

Not just that, she said the complete opposite of what I
have actually said. Amazing!

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Anyways, I will write in detail why are ethno-nationalists, who pretend to be HR activists, are silent about the crimes of Zionism some other day. This earlier thread may shed some light on the topic.

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164 years ago (May 22, 1857), on the last day of Ramadan, about 300 Pashtuns mutinied against the British in Mardan and took control of the Mardan fort imprisoning some of their officers.

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A large force, consisting of British and Indian army, were sent against them three days later. Despite putting up a great fight, the little force couldn't stand long against the British. About 120 of them died fighting and about 150 were taken prisoners and taken to Peshawar.
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There are two refugee shelter homes in 2KM radius from where we live. One is a family shelter home where 7-8 families live. Six of these are Hazaras with children.

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A lesser known but important fact about Maulvi Rafiuddin is that he caused the first ever judicial inquiry to probe rigging/corruption in elections in the history of British-India.

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