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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

Pakistan’s government has failed to deliver justice for the minority Christian community a year on from a vicious arson and mob attack on churches and Christian neighbourhoods in Jaranwala, as well as prevent further misuse of blasphemy laws, Amnesty International said today. More than 90% of the suspects of the attack in Jaranwala, in Punjab’s Faisalabad Weiterlesen

Responding to the deaths of at least three Baloch protesters and mass arrests of participants of the ‘Baloch Raji Machi’ protests in Balochistan, Pakistan, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “Every time Baloch protests take place, their demands are met with violence by security forces and mass arrests. Weiterlesen

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

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

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