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Urgent Action: STOP PUNISHING WOMEN PROTESTERS (Afghanistan 112.23)
Share: On This Page Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, women protesting Taliban’s draconian policies have been forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily arrested, and detained and subjected to torture…
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Celebrating the Human Rights Wins of 2023
Although human rights are being gravely undermined in numerous countries across the world, Amnesty International’s supporters and activists have shown that change is always possible.
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Pakistan: Halt mass detentions and deportations of Afghan refugees
The Government of Pakistan must immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees, said Amnesty International today. “Thousands of Afghan refugees are being used as political…
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Women’s Rights
We are committed to a world where everyone can enjoy the full range of their human rights. We can help make that a reality for women and girls all over…
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Afghanistan: Taliban’s Treatment of Women and Girls Should Be Investigated as the Crime Against Humanity of Gender Persecution – New Report
The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crimes under international law, including the crime against humanity of gender persecution, Amnesty…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – December 2022 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Domestic Updates International Updates Amnesty Campaigns december 2022 NEWSLETTER FEATURED: New Report from Amnesty on Ukraine An older woman with a…
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Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
Tens of thousands of Afghans who were paroled into the United States after the chaotic military withdrawal in 2021 are now living in limbo without a clear path to stay…
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Fleeing Afghans Unlawfully Returned After Coming Under Fire at Iranian and Turkish Borders
Iranian and Turkish security forces have repeatedly pushed back Afghans who attempt to cross their borders to reach safety, including by unlawfully opening fire on men, women and children, Amnesty…
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Taliban’s ‘Suffocating Crackdown’ Destroying Lives of Women and Girls in Afghanistan – New Report
The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s crackdown on their human rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
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Government Collapse in Afghanistan Marked by ‘Repeated War Crimes and Relentless Bloodshed’ – New Report
The Taliban, United States military, and Afghan security forces were all responsible for attacks that resulted in extensive civilian suffering before the country’s government collapsed earlier this year, Amnesty International…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill – December 2021 Newsletter
HUMAN RIGHTS ON CAPITOL HILL Table of Contents Featured Human Rights Day What’s Coming Down the Pike Welcome News DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER Featured: Tigray and Ethiopia: One Year After the…
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Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Abandoned Following Taliban Takeover
Essential services for women and girl survivors of gender-based violence in Afghanistan have been decimated following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Amnesty International said today.