This is going to be a short post. As I am my conscience is not at ease. I recently saw a photograph of a public punishment carried out by the Taliban on the Financial Times, a picture of a 4 men holding down a person on the ground, and a fifth beating the man on the ground. I was compel to read on, I realize how the Taliban has slowly began invading Pakistan, with a non-responsive (or slow to respond) government. Meanwhile, people are being threaten and killed, schools bombed, women oppressed, education for women, forbidden, and broadcasting over the radio their ideas, and the people who have disobey their order, and will be punished, or killed.
I was pretty disturbed by this already, and then this event was contrasted by the Cambridge Student Sit-in at the University Law Department to get action from the University condemning the action of Israel on Gaza. I am by no means an experts in this area, but to me, the situation is complex, and representation of any side on Gaza is highly partisan. Yet there is a voice, from the students at Cambridge that wish for the University to take a stance against Israel's action. And I feel stuck at wanting to do something about the situation in Swat, Pakistan. I know petitions can be created, and action can be done... but what is "literally", the first step? I am completely new at this, i haven't been able to find other groups to encourage or promote action internationally to alleviate the oppressed and restore peace in Swat. Any ideas?
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