Journeys to Democracy

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• MSR’s ongoing incarceration: “There still remain journalists in this country determined to hold their ground”

         
  7 July, by beenasarwar
  The March 12 arrest of Mir Shakilur Rahman sent shockwaves through journalist and human rights communities, Here’s a link to my piece about this issue in The Washington Post today: In Pakistan, a bizarre arrest shows how media freedom is being squeezed. But even if he is granted bail now – after (...)

• The need for ‘radical love’ – Cornel West, Dalit and Sheedi solidarity, and a #WC4BL Boston report

          
  2 July, by beenasarwar
  This is a follow up to my earlier post about physicians of Pakistani and Indian origin, already in the frontlines of the Covid19 battle in the US, stepping up in the war against a longer-running pandemic, racism. We know that racism is not limited to the US. In our home countries in South Asia, (...)

• Commemorating K. A. Abbas: Ideas, ideals and more

                
  27 June, by beenasarwar
  Born: June 7, 1914, Panipat. Died: June 1, 1987, Bombay. This post has the following sections: A Panipat connection A confession K. A. Abbas online session, 28 June 2020 ‘Whatever I own belongs to everyone else’ – K.A. Abbas by K. A. Abbas A Panipat connection As family, friends, and fans (...)

• “The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice” – MLK

   
  18 June, by beenasarwar
  Greg White on the many knees on our necks, and the need to keep on keeping on… Last night, I caught up over the phone with an old and dear friend, Greg White in Chicago who heads a tuition-free public education charter school system with 12 branches, opening a 13th in DC soon. Greg is (...)

• #WhiteCoats4BlackLives: Boston rally by New England physicians from Pakistan and India, joined by others

    
  12 June, by beenasarwar
  Last Sunday some physician friends in the Boston area invited me to help them organise a rally under the banner White Coats for Black Lives. These rallies began last Friday with synchronised standouts taking place at hospitals and medical institutions around the United States. This may be the (...)

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