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Afghanistan: Human rights must be guaranteed during reconciliation ...
8 March 2010

The Taleban and related insurgent groups in Afghanistan have shown little regard for human rights and the laws of war. In this petition Amnesty International calls ...

Document       ASA 11/003/2010

Beijing+15: Realizing women's rights
25 February 2010

In September 1995, 189 UN member states adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA). This was a statement of political commitment to ensure ...

Document       ACT 77/005/2010

Amnesty International | Afghanistan: No impunity for war criminals
8 February 2010

The Afghan authorities must immediatelysuspend controversial legislation that will give immunity fromprosecution for serious violations of human rights, including ...

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Afghanistan: 10-Point Human Rights Agenda for President Karzai
1 November 2009

Afghanistan: 10-Point Human Rights Agenda for President karzai. Amnesty International, after consultation with the Afghans around ...

Document       ASA 11/017/2009

Afghanistan: German government must investigate deadly Kunduz ...
30 October 2009

Amnesty International has called for a credible and transparent investigation into the 4 September airstrike inKunduz that killed scores of people, many of themcivilians ...

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Afghanistan: Background to the Kunduz airstrike of 4 September ...
30 October 2009

This briefing on the Kunduz airstrike, which occurred in the early hours of 5 September 2009, is based on Amnesty International's field research in Kunduz. It provides ...

Document       ASA 11/015/2009

Taleban must immediately stop targeting civilians in Afghanistan ...
28 October 2009

Amnesty International has condemned the Taleban's attack on a guesthouse hosting staff from the United Nations in Kabul, that killed at least six civilian UN staff ...

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Afghanistan: Taleban must immediately stop targeting civilians in ...
28 October 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. October 28 th 2009. AI Index: ASA 11/014/2009. Taleban Must immediately stop targeting civilians in Afghanistan. ...

Document       ASA 11/014/2009

The Wire, October/November 2009. Vol. 39, issue 005
8 October 2009

1) Worldwide Appeals: DRC: Tortured in detention; Paraguay: Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities; Iraq: Detained without trial for nine years; Nepal ...

Document       NWS 21/005/2009

Afghanistan: Protect women human rights defenders
1 October 2009

AFGHANISTAN:PROTECTWOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS STOPVIOLENCE AGAINSTWOMEN S T O P T H E K I L L I N G S P U B L I C S E C U R I T Y R E F O R M S A N D H U M A ...

Postcard       ASA 11/007/2009