In this powerful episode of Why We Fight, we speak with award-winning Pakistani investigative journalist Taha Siddiqui, who survived an attempted abduction by Pakistan’s military and now lives in exile in Paris.
From exposing military human rights abuses to running The Dissident Club, a bar for global exiles and freedom fighters, Siddiqui shares how authoritarian regimes weaponise identity, faith and fear to silence dissent.
We discuss:
• How the Pakistani military suppresses press freedom and democracy
• The rise of transnational repression targeting dissidents abroad
• Why exile has made his journalism more impactful, not less
• His acclaimed graphic novel memoir, The Dissident Club found here or in good bookstores everywhere.
• How Western democracies must protect, rather than compromise, their values
This episode is a fascinating conversation about courage, resistance and the global fight for freedom.
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