Tag: Detainees

Islamabad —  The Taliban government in Afghanistan confirmed Sunday that they had detained "a number of foreign citizens, including two Americans” for allegedly violating their laws. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief Taliban spokesperson, told the state-run Afghan radio they had informed the United States about the detention of its citizens. ...

ISLAMABAD —  The United Nations said Wednesday that Afghanistan's Taliban had committed more than 1,600 human rights violations during arrests and detentions of people, including women, and it urged the de facto authorities to cease the abuses. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, has documented the violations ...

Source link www.rferl.org A middle-aged lawyer, Nia Beg, is anxious after a large incursion by Islamist militants rattled his homeland in northwestern Pakistan this month. Beg is Kalash, and he follows the ancient pagan religion practiced in Bumburet and other remote valleys collectively called Kalash in the northwestern district ...

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN World PMN News Author of the article: The Associated Press Edith M. Lederer Published Jul 06, 2023  •  Last updated 4 minutes ago  •  5 minute read FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly in front of the tents of Camp ...

The first UN independent investigator to visit the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay has said the US government's treatment of inmates there is "cruel, inhumane and degrading." The UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain said that the suffering of the 30 detainees is "profound and ongoing." Aolain's visit ...

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Issues of "genuine national security" are involved in cases of shifting of over 20 people, detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir, to jails outside the Union Territory, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday. A bench of ...

New Delhi; Issues of “genuine national security” are involved in cases of shifting of over 20 people, detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir, to jails outside the Union Territory, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and ...

New Delhi, Mar 13: Issues of “genuine national security” are involved in cases of shifting of over 20 people, detained under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir, to jails outside the Union Territory, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud ...

UN human rights group said Iran is harassing families of detainees and moving injured protesters to detention facilities.The United Nations human rights office has voiced concern at Iran’s treatment of detained protesters and said authorities refused to release some of the bodies of those killed, as demonstrations in the ...