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South Asia: Devastating floods yet another reminder for urgent human rights-consistent climate action
Responding to the extreme climate events in South Asia, Marta Schaaf, Programme Director for Climate, Economic Social Justice and Corporate Accountability at Amnesty International, said: “The devastating floods in South Asia, following a period of intense heatwave, are yet another reminder of the failure to ensure a collective human rights-consistent climate action. Human-caused climate change Weiterlesen
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 1.45 million Afghan refugees who held UNHCR-issued Proof of Registration (PoR) cards in the country, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Regional Researcher for South Asia, Amnesty International, said: “The decision by the Pakistan government to extend the stay Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Authorities must end escalating attacks on minority Ahmadiyya community
The Pakistani authorities must immediately end the harassment, intimidation and attacks on Ahmadiyya community and uphold their right to freedom of belief and religion in the lead up to, during and after the Muslim religious holidays such as Eid ul-Azha, said Amnesty International today. The human rights organization documented 36 cases of arbitrary arrests and detention in addition to dozens of cases Weiterlesen
Stigmatizing narratives and implications on the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association in South Asia: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Peaceful Assembly and Association
Index Number: ASA 04/8167/2024 Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, on the theme of stigmatizing narratives and implications on the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. In recent years, authorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Weiterlesen
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 Afghan refugees in the country after the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr next week, James Jennion, Campaigner for the Refugee and Migrants’ Rights at Amnesty International, said: “The Pakistan authorities’ callous disregard for the persecution, serious human Weiterlesen
THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS – Pakistan 2023
Political volatility increased and authorities continued their assault on dissenting voices, political opposition and people critical of the government and the military establishment. Human rights violations such as enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detentions, excessive restrictions on protests and violence against religious minorities continued unabated with little or no justice for victims. Transgender people faced Weiterlesen
New interactive digital space launched to highlight enforced disappearances in South Asia
Amnesty International, along with over 20 partner organisations from South Asia, launches the first phase of an interactive digital space titled, “Footprints – Virtual Museum on Enforced Disappearances in South Asia,” today to highlight stories of those who have been subject to enforced disappearances in the region. “The new Virtual Museum on Enforced Disappearances in Weiterlesen
Footprints of those forcibly disappeared in South Asia
Across South Asia, a chilling reality persists: countless men, women and children, spanning generations, have been subjected to enforced disappearance. Their fates sealed by the very institutions entrusted with their protection. Among the disappeared are journalists, activists, dissenters, and minority voices—individuals whose voices challenge authority and advocate for justice. Enforced disappearance is a crime under Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Human rights charter
Index Number: ASA 33/7868/2024 Amnesty International, in its ten-point Human Rights Charter, urges the newly elected Government of Pakistan to prioritize and commit to the following recommendations to uphold human rights in the country. Amnesty International invites Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and respective provincial governments to grasp this opportunity to put Pakistan’s international human rights commitments at Weiterlesen
Widening impact of climate change on air pollution in South Asia requires urgent international cooperation and assistance.
Responding to the new report naming three South Asian countries – Bangladesh, Pakistan and India – having the worst air quality globally at a time when the World Meteorological Organization has issued a ‘red alert’ for global warming indicators, Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Adviser, said: “The climate ‘red alert’ in addition to prolonged exposure to toxic air quality Weiterlesen