Pakistan The rise of a politics of resistance in Hunza
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The dharna (sit-ins) that took place over six days in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan's north in early October, demanding the release of ecosocialist activist Baba Jan and 13 other political prisoners, and justice for the victims of police brutality, have ignited a political movement crossing gender and religious divides, write Sonia Qadir and Haider Ali.