Tag: Amnesty International

Imran, Khalilzad discuss Afghan peace

--PM holds meetings with Senator Lindsy Graham, Amnesty International and Red Cross officials --Tells Kashmir Study Group founder to further highlight Indian atrocities in Kashmir...

Amnesty launches global campaign to end clampdown in IOK

NEW DELHI: Amnesty International India on Thursday launched a global campaign highlighting the human cost of the lockdown as the draconian communication blackout in held...

Aasia Bibi’s acquittal ‘finally clears path to her freedom’, says Amnesty

As the Supreme Court upheld its October 31, 2018 verdict of acquitting Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case, Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog,...

Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honour

LONDON: Amnesty International announced Monday that it has withdrawn its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light...

AJK PM urges int’l community to help IOK in attaining right...

ISLAMABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister (PM) Raja Farooq Haider has called upon international community to help the people of Indian Occupied...

Indian officials raid Amnesty International’s regional office

NEW DELHI: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED), a government agency that investigates financial crimes, has conducted raids at the regional office of Amnesty International in what...

PTM activist Hayat Preghal released from jail

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist Hayat Preghal was finally released on Wednesday after he was incarcerated for posting ‘anti-state’ content on social media. PTM leader...

Amnesty accuses Indonesian security forces of 95 unlawful Papua killings

JAKARTA: Security forces in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have unlawfully killed at least 95 people in the eight years since 2010, with almost...

Pakistani human rights defenders targeted via digital attacks according to Amnesty...

KARACHI: A four-month investigation titled 'Human Rights Under Surveillance: Digital Threats Against Human Rights Defenders in Pakistan' conducted by Amnesty International (AI) has revealed that...

Amnesty denounces Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and allies in...

DUBAI: Amnesty International on Friday denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in a coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen, saying...

Amnesty International urges Pakistan to resolve enforced disappearances cases

ISLAMABAD: The Amnesty International urged Pakistan to resolve hundreds of cases of enforced disappearances as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted on Monday...

Myanmar builds military bases where Rohingya once lived, says Amnesty International

YANGON: After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar’s military is building bases where some of their homes and mosques once...

Human rights regressed in 2017, says Amnesty International

LONDON: "Governments are shamelessly turning the clock back on decades of hard-won protections,” says the annual report for human rights in 2017 published by...

Israel court trial of Ahed Tamimi opens behind closed doors

TEL AVIV: A Palestinian teenager charged after a viral video showed her hitting two Israeli soldiers in a case that has gained global attention...

Pakistan HC meets Amnesty’s SG, raises questions over Indian ruthlessness in...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan High Commissioner (HC) to Canada Tariq Azim Khan, on Friday, met Amnesty International Secretary General (SG) Alex Neve, in Canada to discuss the...

Turkish chair of Amnesty International held in custody

ISTANBUL: The jailed chairman of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International, Taner Kilic, remains in detention despite a court ruling for his release and...

Rights activists go on trial in Turkey over alleged terror links

ANKARA: Turkish authorities have put 11 human rights activists on trial, including the chairman of Amnesty International in Turkey, Taner Kilic. Those facing charges at Istanbul's...