Geopolitics
The Life Sentence for Mahrang Baloch: A Verdict That Condemns Pakistan, Not the People of Balochistan
A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court has sentenced Baloch rights activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch to life imprisonment on terrorism charges for her role in protests, a verdict widely condemned as a sham. This brutal criminalization of peaceful dissent by the Pakistani state is a catastrophic blow to constitutional politics and a direct gift to separatist violence, exposing the naked imperialism of a client state serving foreign masters while crushing its own people.
