A newly-formed coalition of American organizations focused on changing U.S. policy towards Pakistan. For more information, email [email protected]
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BREAKING: US Congress escalates pressure on Asim Munir regime
44 US Congressmembers write to @SecRubio on Pakistan's "escalating crisis of authoritarianism"
They call for targeted sanctions in response to "Asim Munir’s central role in driving Pakistan’s crackdown on dissent"
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
🇵🇰 #Pakistan: I am deeply concerned by reports that human rights lawyers @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali were denied access to their lawyers and objected to the manner of their presentation during proceedings inside Adiala jail, prompting the defense team to walk out.
Jail trials must not undermine fair trial guarantees, access to counsel or the effective right to defense.
Criminal charges should never be used as punishment for freedom of expression and human rights advocacy. (1/2)
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
Pakistan - State of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces
Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and internet disruptions across the province raise concerns about the proportionality of these emergency measures. While states may, in strictly limited circumstances, derogate from their human rights obligations to respond to a public emergency that threatens the existence of the nation, emergency measures are not a blank cheque to crack down on human rights, silence dissent, or concentrate power.
Read more: amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
Western media finally reports that US-backed military regime of Asim Munir "opened fire" on pro-democracy protesters seeking freedom for political prisoner Imran Khan
Khan's party easily won the last election before brazen fraud imposed unpopular longtime pro-military puppets
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
🇵🇰 Pakistan police crack down on pro-Khan protest
Police opened fire at a protest in northwest Pakistan, leaving several people injured, as authorities cracked down on supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, a police official and a member of Khan's party said.
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
CORRECTED: Pakistan regime woes compound after desperate efforts to stifle pro-democracy movement, as economy stalls and poverty surges
Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
As Pakistan’s government arrests opposition leaders and suspends an elected provincial government, President Trump continues to embrace its military chief.
The United States should stand with the Pakistani people, not enable political repression. We must press for the release of political prisoners, including Imran Khan.
commondreams.org/news/us-bac…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
❗️ SAY IT WITH US: "U.S. foreign policy is not and has never been motivated by human rights or democratic values!"
Glenn Greenwald and Erik Sperling discuss two cases that explode this myth:
"Saudi Arabia tends to be the most prominent example, but Pakistan is such an important one as well."
"We don't even make any pretense about the fact—and, again, this was done under Biden—that you have this incredibly popular leader," Imran Khan, "who was democratically elected."
"And because that will of the Pakistani people didn't serve the American and Israeli vision of that region, we just said, 'Yeah, get rid of him and we'll support this military junta.'"
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
Tonight LIVE at 7 PM ET! @RogerWaters & @MonaMiari on art, politics, and cowards in the music industry. Then, Etan Mabourakh (@etanmab) on Democrats' fecklessness on Iran and Dr. Hussain Nadim (@HNadim87) on repression in Pakistan. youtube.com/live/O_YTexPjzhM
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
📺 TONIGHT: Dr. @HNadim87 joins Katie Halper @kthalps at 7:30 PM ET to discuss the ongoing repression in Pakistan, including emergency rule in KP, police firing on protesters, and what it means for US policy. Tune in! #Pakistan #KPK #GovernorRule #Emergency #KhyberPakhtunkhwa
youtube.com/watch?v=O_YTexPj…
Tonight LIVE at 7 PM ET! @RogerWaters & @MonaMiari on art, politics, and cowards in the music industry. Then, Etan Mabourakh (@etanmab) on Democrats' fecklessness on Iran and Dr. Hussain Nadim (@HNadim87) on repression in Pakistan. youtube.com/live/O_YTexPjzhM
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
🚨🚨 Another new low for Pakistan! The brother of a sitting Chief Minister has filed a habeas corpus petition over the CM’s disappearance. More than three days have passed, and he has yet to be produced before a court.
Under the Field Marshal and his cronies, Pakistan has officially become a nation of “missing persons.”
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Pakistan's US-trained regime reportedly using live fire to put down the historic pro-democracy protests
@State_SCA @CIA @CENTCOM
@NATO @EUatUN must condemn & cut all ties with dictator Asim Munir or be complicit
#SOSPakistan
Horrifying footage appears to show police firing directly at PTI protesters, leaving civilians wounded. Why? Demanding the release of their elected political leader and standing by democracy.
Those responsible for ordering and carrying out this brutality must be held accountable. Relentless bloodshed and fearmongering from Asim Munir’s petrified regime. Scared people often lash out with the most cruel brutality, and that’s what we’re seeing here. A man terrified to lose power, and terrified of his own people’s will.
The world must watch and take action. We absolutely must take a united stand against tyranny and evil.
When a regime fears the will of the people, it resorts to force. Pakistan’s military rulers are dismantling democracy because they cannot win it. Washington must stop providing political cover for this authoritarianism.
In the last province controlled by the ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan's US-backed military government has "declared a state of emergency and imposed governor's rule... effectively removing its elected government from power." commondreams.org/news/us-bac…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
“Amid mass protests calling for his release, Amnesty International has argued that Pakistani authorities have weaponized criminal proceedings to keep Khan out of power and crack down on dissent.
After the emergency measures went into effect this weekend, the internet monitoring organization NetBlocks reported major disruptions to internet service in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mobile phone networks have reportedly been disrupted, public transit closed, and several roads across the province shut down.”
In the last province controlled by the ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan's US-backed military government has "declared a state of emergency and imposed governor's rule... effectively removing its elected government from power." commondreams.org/news/us-bac…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
In the last province controlled by the ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan's US-backed military government has "declared a state of emergency and imposed governor's rule... effectively removing its elected government from power." commondreams.org/news/us-bac…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
🚨 Terrifying moments in authoritarian Pakistan 🇵🇰
Asim Munir's thugs reportedly attacked peaceful protesters in the last region (KPK) held by the pro-democracy forces, which the regime is trying to control & subdue
The world must stand with Pakistanis!
A shocking escalation in Pakistan! Peaceful protests met with arrests and emergency rule by a regime terrified of it's own people. Millions silenced as elected government stripped of power. US urged to cut support for military regime
#Governor_Rule_Unacceptable
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
PAKISTAN: Responding to the declaration of a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces in the province, Amnesty International said:
“Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and internet disruptions across the province raise concerns about the proportionality of these emergency measures. While states may, in strictly limited circumstances, derogate from their human rights obligations to respond to a public emergency that threatens the existence of the nation, emergency measures are not a blank cheque to crack down on human rights, silence dissent, or concentrate power.”
READ MORE: amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
A shocking escalation in Pakistan! Peaceful protests met with arrests and emergency rule by a regime terrified of it's own people. Millions silenced as elected government stripped of power. US urged to cut support for military regime
#Governor_Rule_Unacceptable
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
Horrifying to see Pakistan's deeply unpopular military regime attack peaceful pro-democracy protests and seize the only democratic regional govt that remained
Now US-backed dictator Asim Munir is blocking the internet so no one can report on his crimes
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a major disruption to internet connectivity in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan, as President Zardari imposes emergency rule, suspending the provincial government led by jailed former PM Imran Khan's PTI amid protests demanding his release
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
🇵🇰 “A Coup Dissguised as Emergency": Pakistan suspends Imran Khan's party's provincial government
President Asif Ali Zardari declared a state of emergency on Sunday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern province bordering Afghanistan and the only one governed by Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The order removed its chief minister and cabinet, and a federally appointed governor will run the province for an initial six months. Islamabad accuses the provincial government of failing to confront militant attacks.
The move came a week into a PTI march on Islamabad demanding Khan's release. The army was authorized to deploy across the province, and phone and internet service was cut in the provincial capital, Peshawar, and in Swabi, according to local media.
PTI says ousted Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has been detained. A party spokesperson called the move "a coup disguised as emergency."
🇵🇰 Pakistan has placed a northern province under emergency rule on Sunday, the president's office said, following anti-government demonstrations by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and militant violence in the northwest.
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ALT People travel along a road blocked with shipping containers amid ongoing protests by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in Peshawar, on October 11, 2026.
Coalition to Change U.S. Policy on Pakistan (CUSP) retweeted
As the military removes the one elected government in Pakistan, a periodic reminder that both @commonwealthsec and @EU_commission @EUPakistan colluded with the military junta in suppressing reports on the rigged 2024 elections. Madam @vonderleyen recently spoke of “shared values” after meeting PM @CMShehbaz and @SGCommonwealth loves to throw out the red carpet for @MIshaqDar50 whenever he holidays in London (which is a lot).
