Tag: Human Rights Watch

Eighteen Indian states shut down the internet at least once in the three years between January 2020 to December 2022, the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted, highlighting that local authorities used the shutdowns to prevent or in response to protests in 57 instances, to ...

LONDON —  The past year has seen human rights crises worsening around the world, from Ukraine to China to Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said in its latest annual report, released Thursday. But new voices of leadership for championing human rights have emerged, according to the report. World Report 2023 ...

Islamabad —  Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have illegally detained and tortured residents in northern Panjshir province for their alleged links to armed opposition forces, Human Rights Watch said Friday.The U.S.-based global rights monitoring group said fighting had escalated in Panjshir since mid-May, when fighters of the National Resistance Front (NFR) ...

Islamabad, Pakistan —  An international human rights defender is urging the United Nations to “reconceptualize” its travel ban on the leadership of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to pressure them into respecting rights of all Afghans, particularly women and girls. Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday that “a grave ...

#Pakistan News The Human Rights Watch Thursday accused Greek authorities of showing double standards in accepting Ukrainian refugees but rejecting irregular Afghan and other migrants at the border with Turkey. In a 29-page report, the rights watchdog said Greek forces detained, stripped, and stole the belongings of irregular migrants ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets allegedly fired by police to disperse protesters hit his eyes, he found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims.Living with over 600 small lead pellets in his ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets allegedly fired by police to disperse protesters hit his eyes, he found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims.Living with over 600 small lead pellets in his ...

ISLAMABADThe Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday said Afghanistan is facing famine and called on the UN, and international financial institutions to urgently adjust existing sanctions affecting the country’s economy and banking sector.The rights group cited multiple reports that highlighted the grim state of affairs in the war-ravaged country.“Afghanistan’s economy ...

ISLAMABADThe Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday said Afghanistan is facing famine and called on the UN, and international financial institutions to urgently adjust existing sanctions affecting the country’s economy and banking sector.The rights group cited multiple reports that highlighted the grim state of affairs in the war-ravaged country.“Afghanistan’s economy ...

#Pakistan News India has failed the mission it set for itself before the visit of diplomats from nearly two dozen countries, who arrived on a two-day visit in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir this week. New Delhi's goal was to present the situation in Kashmir as normal and blame the ...