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Crisis and Tactical Round Up: Afghanistan, End Israeli Apartheid, Iran, Torture-Free Trade Treaty

Afghanistan Since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2022, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting...

Afghanistan:  UN Security Council meeting must focus on reversing the Taliban’s mistreatment of women and girls

The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) closed-door meeting on Afghanistan – tomorrow – must focus on how to reverse the...

Afghanistan: Taliban’s cruel return to hardline practices with public floggings must be halted immediately

Responding to the public flogging of three women and 11 men on Wednesday on the orders of a Taliban court...

Afghanistan: The denial of human rights to women and girls by the Taliban is an attempt to erase them from Afghan society

Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban’s systematic attacks on the rights of women...

Afghanistan: Kabul blasts signal utter failure of Taliban to protect minorities

Responding to the reports of a suicide bomb attack that has left dozens dead and many more injured at an...

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Afghanistan: Taliban torture and execute Hazaras in targeted attack – new investigation

Six people killed during a night raid on a family home in Ghor province, including a 12-year-old girl Ongoing Taliban killings...

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Afghanistan: International community must urgently action upon the UN Special Rapporteur’s recommendations

The first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan must serve as a...

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Iran/Turkey: Fleeing Afghans unlawfully returned after coming under fire at borders

Iranian and Turkish security forces have repeatedly pushed back Afghans who attempt to cross their borders to reach safety, including...

“NAAN, KOR, AZADI!”

“Naan, kor, azadi!” Bread, work, freedom! This was the chant heard on the streets of Kabul by the many brave...

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Afghanistan: One year of the Taliban’s broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence 

Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority...

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Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule

In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. Soon after they...

Afghanistan: Taliban’s ‘suffocating crackdown’ destroying lives of women and girls – New report

The report, Death in Slow Motion: Women and Girls Under Taliban Rule, also reveals how women who peacefully protested against...
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