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Pakistan: Sanitation workers facing systemic discrimination and other rights violations need better legal protection – new report

Pakistan’s authorities must ensure robust protections for sanitation workers both in law and practice against institutionalized religious and caste-based discrimination, Amnesty International said in a new report highlighting widespread human rights violations within the sector. “Cut Us Open and See That We Bleed Like Them”: Discrimination and Stigmatization of Sanitation Workers in Pakistan,documents how sanitation Weiterlesen

Pakistan: End persecution and cyclical harassment of minority Ahmadiyya community

The Pakistani authorities must immediately end the systemic repression of the Ahmadiyya community and uphold the right to freedom of belief and religion, said Amnesty International today. The religious minority has been subjected to escalating intimidation, harassment, and attacks in the lead up to Eid-ul-Adha, which will take place on 7 June. Local and regional authorities Weiterlesen

Jahresbericht 2024

Der Englische Originaltext zu Pakistan ist hier zu finden. Auch der gesamte Jahresbericht 2024 ist auf Englisch und Deutsch abrufbar. Weiterlesen

India/Pakistan: Urgent need to protect civilians amidst escalating hostilities

Responding to the escalating armed engagement between India and Pakistan, Carolyn Horn, Programme Director for Law and Policy at Amnesty International said: “The escalation of hostilities between India and Pakistan has already taken a toll on civilians. Amnesty International is concerned by reports of loss of civilian lives in both India and Pakistan. In every Weiterlesen

Pakistan: Amnesty International launches #undothedeadline campaign against unlawful deportation of Afghan nationals

With the Pakistani authorities beginning a new round of deportations for Afghan nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, living in the country, Amnesty International is launching its new campaign #undothedeadline by releasing a compendium of stories titled ‘ “Treat us like human beings”: Afghans in Pakistan at risk of unlawful deportation.’ Through the #undothedeadline campaign, Amnesty International Weiterlesen

Pakistan: Systematic attacks and relentless crackdown on Baloch activists must end

Responding to the unlawful detention and harassment of Baloch activists in Quetta and Karachi over the past week in Pakistan, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “The Pakistani authorities‘ relentless crackdown on Baloch activists over the last week and continued detention of several protesters and Baloch activists including Weiterlesen

Pakistan: Opaque ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ targeting Afghan refugees must be withdrawn 

The Pakistani government’s plans to arbitrarily and forcibly expel Afghan nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers, as part of the opaque ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ will only add to their plight, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the authorities’ 31 March deadline to oust Afghan nationals from the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The exact Weiterlesen