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Responding to the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act 2025 at the National Assembly, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director of Campaigns, South Asia, said: “The latest amendment to the draconian Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) by the National Assembly will further tighten the government’s grip over Pakistan’s heavily controlled digital Weiterlesen
Responding to reports of arbitrary detention and harassment of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers by law enforcement agencies in Islamabad in Pakistan, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “The police night raids, harassment and arbitrary detention of hundreds of Afghan refugees, including women and children, in the capital Weiterlesen
Severe flooding in Pakistan’s Sindh province has left thousands of people suffering from disease and food insecurity amid government inaction, Amnesty International said. Following major flooding in August 2024, more than 140,000 people were displaced with many now living in tents. Months later, affected communities are still struggling with health risks and lost livelihoods compounded by little Weiterlesen
Pakistan’s second review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the country is a state party, is scheduled for this week on 17 and 18 October at the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. “Pakistan’s review comes at a crucial time for the country, as human rights violations and abuses Weiterlesen
The Pakistan government’s ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and the use of anti-terrorism laws to target activists and peaceful protesters from minority groups is an affront on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly in the country, said Amnesty International today. The PTM is a grassroots movement peacefully advocating for human Weiterlesen
Index Number: ASA 33/8576/2024 Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Pakistan at the 142nd session of the Committee scheduled to be held between 14 October to 8 November 2024. This submission emphasizes human rights issues in relation to Pakistan’s Weiterlesen
ASA 33/8507/2024 5 August 2024 marked one year since former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s detention following his conviction for non declaration of assets obtained as gifts while he was Prime Minister between August 2018 to April 2022 in a case, commonly referred to as ‘Toshakhana I’ case, brought by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).1 Weiterlesen
Responding to the granting of Presidential assent to the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024 late last week and the continued crackdown on peaceful protests in Pakistan, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International said: “The Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024 is yet another attack on the Weiterlesen
Responding to ongoing internet disruptions in Pakistan and a lack of transparency surrounding their cause, which has prompted a hearing in the Islamabad High Court on 26 August, Jurre Van Bergen, Technologist at Amnesty International said: “The opacity of the Pakistani authorities regarding the use of monitoring and surveillance technologies that block content, slow down Weiterlesen
