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Afghanistan: Stop punishing women protesters

Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, women protesting Taliban’s draconian policies have been forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily arrested,...

2023/07/17 President of Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of ICC (International Criminal Court) Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi attends Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute at UN Headquarters. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Afghanistan: ICC justice should match victims’ demands 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) must prioritize and accelerate the delivery of justice for victims of crimes committed by the...

April 2023: Shabnam Salehi testifies in Canada's Parliament in support of bill C-41, a legislation enabling humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Shabnam placed emphasis on specific aid to prioritize women's empowerment and equal access (Photo: Shabnam Salehi)

Breaking Silence: Transnational Advocacy and Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan

Shabnam Salehi is a fellow and researcher at the University of Ottawa a former professor at Kabul University, and a...

NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 06: Crowds continue to gather at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings following the Pakistani government's decision to send back irregular Afghan migrants, at Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar, Afghanistan on November 06, 2023. (Photo by Hussain Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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...

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on October 31, 2023. More than 10,000 Afghans living in Pakistan rushed to the borders on October 31, just hours before a deadline for 1.7 million people to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation. (Photo by ABDUL BASIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan: Decision on forced returns of Afghan refugees must be reversed immediately

Ahead of the Pakistan Government’s deadline on 1 November 2023 for forced deportations of unregistered Afghan refugees, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty...

10/08/2023 Herat, Afghanistan. Afghan men comb through the rubble to collect belongings and recover bodies in the aftermath of a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Herat, resulting in the loss of 2,000 lives and leaving 10,000 injured. © MUHAMMAD BALABULUKI/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Afghanistan: Urgent action critical after devastating earthquake

Responding to the catastrophic earthquake that struck western province of Herat in Afghanistan over the weekend, Zaman Sultani, Amnesty International’s...

An image of Mahsa Amini is project during the press conference for the launch of Amnesty International’s Annual Report in Paris March 27, 2023. © christophemeireis.com

Crisis and Tactical Round Up Fall 2023: Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and more

Solidarity with Women and Girls in Iran and Afghanistan, Protect Civilians in Sudan and Ethiopia, Ban the Scan and more...

July 8, 2022, a Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at a road checkpoint near the Bazarak district in Panjshir Province. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghanistan: Taliban’s cruel attacks in Panjshir province amount to war crime of collective punishment

The Taliban have committed the war crime of collective punishment against civilians in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, Amnesty International said in...

Taliban members stop women protesting for women's rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images.

Afghanistan: Taliban’s treatment of women and girls should be investigated as the crime against humanity of gender persecution

The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crimes under international...

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Afghanistan: Education activist, Matiulla Wesa, arbitrarily arrested

Matiullah Wesa was arbitrarily arrested by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on March 27, 2023. He was returning...

Protesters light flares in the colors of Afghanistan. Members of the local Afghan diaspora, activists and local supporters seen in front of the Alberta Legislature Building during the STOP KILLING AFGHANS! protest organised today by the Global Movement of Peace for Afghanistan. Saturday, August 28, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Taliban’s relentless attack on human rights in Afghanistan

Since returning to de-facto power in August 2021, the Taliban’s relentless attack on human rights has targeted critics, ethnic and...

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