1. The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis. BBC News - US holds thousands in Afghanistan A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban.
  2. US State Department - 2008 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan - 2008 report on the current status of human rights practices asia including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, asia worker rights, child labor and working conditions.
  3. Human rights defenders . Activists, human rights defenders, and members of civil society continued to face violence, intimidation, and surveillance, with many being subjected to arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance and unlawful detention. Detainees suffered torture and other ill-treatment, including sexual abuse, according to UN reports.
  4. Amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic upheavals, people in Afghanistan suffered extreme repression and human rights violations. The Taliban placed increasing restrictions on women and girls, apparently aimed at erasing them completely from public arenas.
  5. There were modest gains for the rights of women and LGBTI people in several countries; a new law criminalizing torture and enforced disappearance was adopted in Thailand; and the mandatory death penalty was abolished in Malaysia. Yet, overall, the outlook for human rights in the Asia-Pacific region remained bleak.
  6. In a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published on February 15, 2021, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ms. Deborah Lyons, deplored : "The voices of human rights defenders and the media are critical for any open and decent society. At a time when ...
  7. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023 United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor . Afghanistan 2023 Human Rights Report . Executive Summary . The United States has not decided whether to recognize the Taliban or an y other entity as the government of Afghanistan or as part of such a government.
  8. Aug 15, 2024Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as part of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan, joins eight other international human rights organisations to highlight concerns regarding the international response to human rights violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
  9. Curlie directory for category Society: Issues: Human Rights and Liberties: Regional: Asia. Curlie. My Account About ; Forum ; Donate ; Help us reach our monthly donation goal to run and improve the site! ... Society Issues Human Rights and Liberties Regional Asia . 122. More information. Subcategories 37.
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