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Pakistan: Urgent and transparent investigation needed into deadly crackdown on opposition protesters 

Responding to reports of multiple deaths and mass detentions of protesters from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad on...

Pakistan: Journalist and poet faces charges after abduction

On May 15, 2024, Kashmiri journalist and poet Ahmad Farhad was forcibly taken from his home in Islamabad, Pakistan. Ahmad...

Pakistan: One-year extension of UN-registered Afghan refugees a welcome first step, lifeline must extend to all

Responding to the announcement on Wednesday that the Government of Pakistan has agreed to a one-year extension to more than...

Pakistan: Families of politicians forcibly disappeared

In June 2024, three relatives of political workers from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were forcibly disappeared. On June 6, Professors Mazhar-ul-Hassan...

Pakistan: Call for the release of abducted journalist and poet

On May 15, 2024, Ahmad Farhad, a Kashmiri journalist and poet, was forcibly taken from his home in Islamabad, Pakistan’s...

Pakistan: Government must stop ignoring global calls to halt unlawful deportation of Afghan refugees

Reacting to the announcement by the newly elected Government of Pakistan to expand and expedite its plans to unlawfully deport...

Pakistan: Stop the Deportation of Afghan Refugees

Since November 1, 2023, at least 300,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have been deported to Afghanistan. Others have been subjected...

Pakistan: Election-day internet shutdown is a reckless attack on people’s rights

Following the internet shutdown in Pakistan as the country holds its general elections today, Livia Saccardi, Interim Deputy Director for...

Pakistan: Stop deporting Afghan refugees

On October 3, 2023, the Pakistani government announced its decision to deport unregistered Afghan refugees back to danger in Afghanistan...

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...

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...

Pakistan: YouTuber & TV anchor, Imran Riaz Khan, forcibly disappeared

On May 11, 2023, Imran Riaz Khan, a Pakistani YouTuber and TV anchor, was detained and arrested by police at...

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