Afghanistan

Human Rights in AFGHANISTAN

Comment: Afghan election outcome unclear, except for demand for ...
14 September 2009

As Afghan officials and the international community grapple with anongoing election crisis amid allegations of fraud, Afghans face arising tide of violence and ...

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Afghanistan: Perwiz Kambakhsh’s release raises hopes for other ...
7 September 2009

Amnesty International has urged the Afghan government to free two writers accused of blasphemy, following the pardon of Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, convicted of distributing ...

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Afghanistan: Kandahar bombing and NATO clinic attack, highlight ...
27 August 2009

As uncertainty surrounds the outcome of presidential elections in Afghanistan, civilians are at greater danger than at any time since the fall of the Taleban, ...

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Afghanistan: Electoral Media Restrictions Undermine Democratic ...
19 August 2009

On the eve of the presidential elections in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has called on the Afghan government to reverse its ban on national and international ...

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Electoral Media Restrictions Undermine Democratic Process in ...
19 August 2009

On the eve of the presidential elections in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has called on the Afghan government to reverse its ban on national and international ...

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Afghanistan journalists caught between the government and the ...
12 August 2009

Journalists in Afghanistan face increasing threats and attacks fromboth government officials and the Taleban in the run-up to thepresidential elections on 20 August ...

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Afghanistan: Journalists caught between government, Taleban ...
12 August 2009

Days before the Afghan presidential elections, journalists from thirteen provinces in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International that they had recently been threatened ...

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Afghanistan: 10-Point human rights agenda for presidential ...
4 August 2009

Afghanistan: 10-Point Human Rights Agenda for Presidential Candidates. As the Afghan people prepare for presidential and provincial ...

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Afghanistan: Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights | Amnesty ...
4 August 2009

As the Afghan people prepare to go to the polls in elections on 20 August, Amnesty International today published a Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights in Afghanistan ...

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US blocks publication of detainee abuse photos | Amnesty ...
14 May 2009

The US administration moved on Thursday to block publication of photographsdepicting abuse of detainees in US custody in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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