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13 Hazara Killed by Taliban Fighters in Afghanistan's Daykundi Province According to New Investigation

Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras, including a 17-year-old girl, in Afghanistan’s Daykundi province after members of the security…

October 4, 2021

A vehicle of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) drives on the Moroccan side of the border crossing point between Morocco and Mauritania in Guerguerat located in the Western Sahara, on November 25, 2020, after the intervention of the royal Moroccan armed forces in the area. - Morocco in early November accused the Polisario Front of blocking the key highway for trade with the rest of Africa, and launched a military operation to reopen it. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Human Rights Crackdown in Western Sahara and the Need for Action by the Biden Administration

Classified as a non-self-governing territory by the United Nations, Western Sahara has been under de-facto annexation by Morocco since the…

September 27, 2021

MSF supported hospital bombed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Haydan in Sa'da. The small hospital, in the Haydan district in Saada Province, was hit by several airstrikes beginning at 22:30 last night. Hospital staff and two patients managed to escape before subsequent airstrikes occurred over a two hour period. One staff member was slightly injured while escaping. With the hospital destroyed, at least 200,000 people now have no access to lifesaving medical care.

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Amnesty International USA Calls on Congress to Prioritize Human Rights in National Defense Authorization Act Legislation

On September 22nd, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to the U.S. House of Representatives in response to continuing advancement and…

September 23, 2021

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Taliban Wasting No Time in Stamping Out Human Rights in Afghanistan Says New Briefing

The Taliban are steadily dismantling the human rights gains of the last twenty years, said Amnesty International, the International Federation…

September 20, 2021

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US drone strike in Afghanistan admission a positive first step, but full investigation and accountability now needed

The US must now commit to a full, transparent, and impartial investigation into this incident. Anyone suspected of criminal responsibility…

September 17, 2021

Prison guards secure the main entrance of the Welikada prison in Colombo on November 12, 2019, as inmates protest the pardon for a man who murdered a Swedish teenager in 2005. - Police commando units were on alert outside Sri Lanka's high security jail on November 12 as inmates protested after the pardon for Jude Jayamaha, convicted of killing Yvonne Jonsson of Sweden in Colombo in 2005. (Photo by Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Minister in Sri Lanka Accused of Holding Tamil Prisoners at Gunpoint Must Face Investigation

Responding to reports that Sri Lanka’s State Minister for Prison Management and Prisoners Rehabilitation, Lohan Ratwatte, forcibly entered a state…

September 15, 2021

TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 15: Iran presidential candidate Ebrahim Raeesi takes part in a campaign meeting with school teachers and athletes on June 15, 2021 in Tehran, Iran. The country's incumbent president, Hassan Rouhani, is ineligible to run again after serving two terms in office. (Photo by Meghdad Madadi ATPImages/Getty Images)

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A Decade of Deaths in Custody Unpunished Amid Systemic Impunity for Torture in Iran

Iranian authorities have failed to provide accountability for at least 72 deaths in custody since January 2010, despite credible reports…

September 15, 2021

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Twenty Years After Authorization for Use of Military Force, Continued Lack of Accountability for those Harmed by Policies and Abuses

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Authorization for Use of Military Force on September 18, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the…

September 14, 2021

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Continued presence of UN mission in Afghanistan essential to monitor and report on abuses

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must extend the UN’s mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and the UN must supply the…

September 14, 2021

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Twenty Years After September 11, Lack of Accountability for Families and Those Harmed by Post 9/11 Policies and Abuses

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, Daphne Eviatar, the director…

September 8, 2021

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There Must be Accountability for US Killings of Children and Other Civilians in Afghanistan

Responding to reports that the United States was responsible for the deaths of nine civilians, including children as young as…

August 30, 2021

Afghan women's rights activists demonstrate against the controversial law for Afghanistan which regulates the personal affairs of minority Shia community, 15 April 2009. The law included discriminatory provisions, including restrictions on women's freedom of movement. The law has since been revised.

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Amnesty-Co-Chaired Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls Globally calls on President Biden to Urgently Increase Efforts to Support Afghan Women and Girls, Evacuate Women's Rights Defenders

On August 24th, the Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls Globally - co-chaired by Amnesty International USA, Futures…

August 27, 2021