#ArrestUsmanMirza: Twitter reacts to disturbing viral video

A video went viral on social media last night where a man, Usman Mirza, was seen torturing, harassing, and assaulting a young couple in Islamabad along with his accomplices. Mirza was arrested after the video went viral in which he can also be seen stripping a woman. His accomplices have also been arrested.

Pakistani Twitter was outraged at the horrific video. One Twitter user pointed out that it took the video to go viral on social media for the man to be arrested months after the incident.

It took that woman's traumatizing moment to go viral on Twitter for everyone to see to get that man arrested months after that incident happened. That's the humiliation it takes for a woman to get an ounce of justice in Pakistan.#ArrestUsmanMirza

— ali (@patchfacee) July 6, 2021

Another Twitter user said that “absolutely nothing offers women safety”.

all my female friends wonder why our health is failing so young and then we look at the news and remember. anyone who has to live in constant terror for their lives and personhood would be breaking down too. absolutely nothing offers women safety. #ArrestUsmanMirza

— kashmir stands with Palestine (@oracleofkashmir) July 6, 2021

Daanika Kamal said it does not matter where you are or who you are with. “Imagine living with an underlying sense of threat or fear all the time.”

One Twitter user asked: “Why does the victims trauma need to be trended before they even blink in that direction?”

i remember what the ccpo lahore said when they were looking into the motorway case he said "ainda khayal rakhain"
the judicial system will NOT protect us. why does the victims trauma need to be trended before they even blink in that direction? enough. #ArrestUsmanMirza

— 🌍 🇵🇸 (@thisissosadd) July 6, 2021

Journalist Absa Komal asked when will we understand that rape is a “crime of power”.

عورت تو اس معاشرے میں خوفزدہ تھی ہی، لیکن طاقت ایک مرد کو بھی کس حد تک بے بس کر سکتی ہے یہ انسانیت سوز واقعے کی وڈیو نے ثابت کر دیا۔

اگر اب بھی ریپ کو Crime of power نہیں سمجھیں گے تو کب سمجھیں گے؟ #UsmanMirza

— Absa Komal (@AbsaKomal) July 6, 2021

Lawyer Benazir Jatoi said that she can say with confidence that “EVERY Pakistani woman has faced some form of sexual harassment &/or violence”.

Too many women don’t grow up with JUST THREAT of violence. Too women grow up HAVING EXPERIENCED violence. From being touched in public to more humiliating experiences I can say with confidence EVERY Pakistani woman has faced some form of sexual harassment &/or violence. https://t.co/6lR9OBUqKm

— Benazir Jatoi #FreePalestine (@BenazirJatoi) July 6, 2021

Women’s rights activist Nayab Jan tweeted that all enablers should feel ashamed. “Those who question victims, their clothing, timing, character, morality.”

All enablers should feel ashamed today. Those who question victims, their clothing, timing, character, morality. Those who create hurdles when laws for the rights of the disenfranchised are passed. You are ALL enablers and your heads should fall in shame !

— Nayab Jan (@NayabGJan) July 7, 2021