The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission — the most bipartisan and one of the strongest human rights bodies in the U.S. Congress, with 53 powerful members — has just issued an extraordinary statement on the Islamabad Massacre, acknowledging the state-orchestrated killing of more then dozen peaceful protesters and the mass arbitrary detentions that followed.
This is unprecedented. A commission of this stature publicly calling out these atrocities is a historic turning point.
This must be treated as a top headline by every journalist, human rights organization, and political analyst. This is the moment to talk about it in vlogs, stories, articles, and panels — because this statement will shift the tides.
Accountability is coming.
Magnitsky sanctions are now firmly on the table.