JAAC Leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir Arrested, Protests Erupt Across PoK and Abroad
Shaukat Nawaz Mir, leader of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), was arrested by Pakistani security forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and transferred to military custody in Rawalpindi. His detention has sparked widespread protests across PoK towns like Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, and Rawalakot, with demonstrators condemning what they describe as a crackdown on peaceful civil rights activism. Supporters in the UK also held demonstrations expressing solidarity. Authorities view Mir's activism as a challenge to federal control, while JAAC accuses the state of suppressing dissent and detaining numerous activists.