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US: Call to Reform Detention Policy in Afghanistan

16 Nov

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Amnesty International, Human Rights First, and Human Rights Watch have called on the US to end arbitrary detention in Afghanistan and to fully align US detention practices with international law.
The organizations noted that the US has made some recent changes in its detention policy in Afghanistan. These include providing detainees with “notice of the basis [...]

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Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border area have right to international assistance

04 Oct

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Tens of thousands of civilians require immediate international humanitarian assistance as a result of escalating fighting on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border since the beginning of August, Amnesty International said today.
More than 20,000 people have fled from Pakistan to eastern Afghanistan to avoid fighting between government forces and pro-Taleban insurgents in Pakistan’s Federally Administered [...]

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PAKISTAN: UN must demand transparency from three states regarding the ambiguous arrest and detention of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her three young children

16 Sep

Posted by Jim as Human Rights

While welcoming the release of 11-year-old Pakistani-American, Muhammad Ahmad, from the murky realm of US custody in Afghanistan, the Asian Human Rights Commission is still waiting for information on where and why the child was detained and for how long, plus information on his current condition and official status.
No information about the child’s missing younger [...]

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Afghanistan: Civilian Deaths From Airstrikes on the Rise

08 Sep

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Airstrikes Cause Public Backlash, Undermine Protection Efforts
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007, with recent deadly airstrikes exacerbating the problem and fuelling a public backlash, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The report also condemns the Taliban’s use of “human shields” in violation [...]

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Pakistan: Children of Dr. Afia Siddiqui are removed from Bagram

05 Sep

Posted by Jim as Human Rights

Children of Dr. Afia Siddiqui are removed from Bagram and their whereabouts are unknown and Dr. Afia is denied permission to attend court proceedings
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that the two children of Dr. Afia Sidiqui, who is currently in custody in the United States on charges of assault and attempting to [...]

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Afghanistan: Free Aafia Siddiqui’s 11-Year-Old Son

27 Aug

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Child Is Too Young to Be Treated as Criminal Suspect
The Afghan government should immediately relinquish 11-year-old Ahmed Siddiqui to the custody of his family, Human Rights Watch said today. Siddiqui, a US citizen, is believed to be the son of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman held on US federal charges in New York.
The two were [...]

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USA: The case against Dr Aafia Siddiqui

07 Aug

Posted by Jim as Human Rights, Human Rights Video

Following up on the article about Dr Aafia Siddiqui a few days ago, Dr Siddiqui went on trial in the US yesterday in a case that raises more questions than answers and has provoked anger and concern from Islamabad to New York.
Aafia Siddiqui is charged with trying to kill American troops in Afghanistan last month.

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Pakistan: FBI is responsible for disappearances, illegal detention and torture

04 Aug

Posted by Jim as Human Rights, Take Action

On 24th July the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an Urgent Appeal (UA) in the case of the disappearance of a lady doctor. The UA, PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest, may be seen at:
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2008/2947/
The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initially admitted that they had [...]

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Afghanistan: Protect media freedom from intelligence agency interference

31 Jul

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

The Afghan government must prevent the country’s intelligence agency, the National Security Directorate, from suppressing media freedom, said Amnesty International today.
On Monday 28 July, NDS agents briefly detained Mohammad Nasir Fayyaz, presenter of the popular programme The Truthon Ariana TV.
The following day, Tuesday 29 July, NDS agents again detained Fayyaz and released him after one [...]

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International community and Afghan government fail Afghan people

11 Jun

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

Amnesty International has accused the international community and the Afghan government of not meeting their pledge to provide the Afghan people, particularly women and girls, with better security, more responsive governance, and sustainable economic development.
The organisation made the accusation in a briefing paper issued on Wednesday ahead of the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan [...]

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