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ISTANBUL As the US gears up for a fresh round of talks with the Taliban, calls are growing louder by the day for Washington and its partners to lift restrictions that have left Afghanistan unable to stave off a rapidly spiraling economic crisis.Thomas West, Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan, will ...

ISTANBUL As the US gears up for a fresh round of talks with the Taliban, calls are growing louder by the day for Washington and its partners to lift restrictions that have left Afghanistan unable to stave off a rapidly spiraling economic crisis.Thomas West, Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan, will ...

Non-governmental organisation Amnesty International on Thursday said that it categorically stood by the findings of the Pegasus Project, a global investigation about the alleged misuse of a spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO group. The organisation issued the statement in response to “false allegations on social media and inaccurate ...

#Pakistan News A collaborative investigation by global media outlets focused on leaked targeting data revealed further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. From a list of more than ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani television station Monday took a prominent journalist off air, removing him as host of a popular talk show after he criticized the country’s powerful military, the journalist and rights groups said.The development comes just days after the journalist, Hamid Mir, made a fiery speech ...

Many governments "weaponized" the coronavirus pandemic during the last year to further repress citizens' rights, global rights group Amnesty International said in itsannual report, released Wednesday. The report also says the virus disproportionately hit ethnic minorities, refugees and women. "At the global level, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated inequalities," Philip Luther, ...

“Everybody's coloring well within the lines. You don't want to go anywhere near the lines for fear of what might happen. And these lines are constantly moving, they might not be the same tomorrow," said Ingrid Srinath, director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy, about the difficulties ...

Two powerful American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives that calls for an end to enforced disappearances in Asia and the world and supports justice and accountability for the victims, including Tamils in Sri Lanka and Uyghur Muslims in China. ...

ANKARAGlobal rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on India to “immediately halt its intensifying suppression of dissent” after the country’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided several organizations in Jammu and Kashmir. Amnesty, which shut its office in India last month following a "witch hunt" by the government, said on ...

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as its popularity has surged across the globe. ...