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Amnesty Deutschland @amnesty.de · 5d

Jegliche Verhandlungen mit den Taliban, um zwangsweise Rückführungen nach #Afghanistan zu ermöglichen, sind eine Schande angesichts der anhaltenden, weitverbreiteten, systematischen & schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die De-facto-Behörden der Taliban.

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Abschiebungen: Dobrindt-Abgesandter trifft Taliban-Vertreter

Ein hochrangiger Vertreter des Bundesinnenministeriums war nach ARD-Informationen vergangenen Mittwoch in Kabul. Dort soll unter anderem über die Rückführung von Straftätern aus Deutschland gesprochen...

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · 9d

PAKISTAN: Responding to the ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir amid a communications blackout in the region:

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Pakistan: Authorities must protect the right to peaceful protest and lift communications blackout amid Jammu & Kashmir protests

Human rights organization calls on authorities to ensure that there are no further injuries or loss of life and to investigate deaths

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · 10d

On this #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, remember: human rights don’t fade with age. Across Pakistan, older people keep working, often without pensions or social protection.

Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · 28d

🇳🇵 Nepal: As an interim govt led by former chief justice Sushila Karki takes charge after youth-led protests & deadly violence, authorities must uphold human rights obligations & address impunity, poor governance & corruption under the rule of law.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Sep 1

His father waits for his return.

👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They must disclose Feroz’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Sep 1

PAKISTAN: Feroz Baloch, a university student, was abducted on his way to his university library in Rawalpindi.

His family is from Balochistan province, but his father sent him to study in Punjab in hopes of a brighter future for his son.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bilal Orakzai was forcibly disappeared while returning from a protest in Peshawar on 31 July 2025. His whereabouts are unknown since.

Bilal has previously been implicated in criminal cases targeting him for his peaceful activism.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 31

PAKISTAN: Cousins, Muhammad Asif and Rasheed Baloch, were abducted from a picnic with their friends exactly seven years ago from today, on 31 August 2018.

Their family still waits for their return.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 31

PAKISTAN: This month, on 12 August 2025, Sarwech Sargani was abducted from his home in Karachi. Sarwech and his mother were assaulted by his abductors.

His mother believes Sarwech was a target of enforced disappearance because of her activism.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 31

PAKISTAN: In 2018, Muhammad Ibrar was 17 years old. He would turn 18 in December that year. It was also the year he was abducted from his home.

His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 30

PAKISTAN: University professor and father of two girls, Muhammad Awais, was forcibly disappeared from his home in 2016.

His daughters are now 10 and 13.

They are waiting for their father to return.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 30

PAKISTAN: Today on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, thousands of families await the return of their loved ones.

🔗 Read our joint statement here with seven other civil society organizations: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sadiq Amin, a 30-year-old construction worker, was forcibly disappeared from his home in March 2021.

Seven years ago from that day, in 2014, his brother, Zahid Amin, was similarly abducted.

Their family are waiting for them to return.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 30

PAKISTAN: Amnesty International, and seven other civil society organizations, calls on the Pakistan government to stop enforced disappearances and provide justice to victims and families of the disappeared.

🔗 Read the joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

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PAKISTAN: Failure to address enforced disappearance perpetuates injustice against victims - Amnesty International

On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, eight human rights and civil society organizations highlight the systematic failure of the Pakistani authorities to stop enforced disapp...

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 29

PAKISTAN: Zahid Amin was abducted from his home in 2014. He was newly married and 19 at the time.

👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They should disclose Zahid’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 29

PAKISTAN: Mahjabeen Baloch, a 23-year-old student, was abducted from her hostel on 29 May 2025. Just five days ago, her brother Younus Baloch was forcibly disappeared.

Their family, parents and sister, have no information about their whereabouts.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Aug 29

PAKISTAN: What do teachers, students, labourers, minors, people with disabilities & activists in Pakistan have in common? Enforced disappearances.

On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, families are left only with questions and no answers.

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Amnistía Internacional @amnistia.bsky.social · Aug 8

Bangladesh: Dismissal of court case against Shahidul Alam is welcome, but more progress needed on freedom of expression

Responding to the decision by the Bangladesh High Court to dismiss the case filed in 2018 under the draconian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act against photographer, social activist and Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience, Shahidul Alam, Amnesty International’s South Asia Research Director, Isabelle Lassee, said: “This outcome for Shahidul Alam was long overdue. Alam, whom […] The post Bangladesh: Dismissal of court case against Shahidul Alam is welcome, but more progress needed on freedom of expression appeared first on Amnesty International.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 29

Amnesty International worked in collaboration with Pakistani human rights organization, Center for Law & Justice, to engage more than 230 sanitation workers for this report.

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Pakistan: “Cut us open and see that we bleed like them”: Discrimination and stigmatization of sanitation workers in Pakistan - Amnesty International

Sanitation work in Pakistan is disproportionately assigned to non-Muslims who belong to so-called “lower castes”, often without real choice in the matter. This report explores how communities in Pakis...

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 29

PAKISTAN: In a new report “Cut Us Open and See That We Bleed Like Them”, Amnesty International documents how sanitation workers are subjected to discriminatory practices on the basis of caste and religion.

Read more: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yesterday’s opinion is a landmark moment for climate justice and accountability.

The ICJ made clear that the full enjoyment of human rights cannot be ensured without protection of the climate system and other parts of the environment.

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Global: International Court of Justice’s landmark opinion bolsters fight for climate justice and accountability

Reacting to the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) first Advisory Opinion clarifying the obligations of states in respect of climate change, Mandi Mudarikwa, Head of Strategic Litigation at Amnest...

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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · Jul 23

"We are not weak - but the war has broken our bones, and the siege has hollowed out our stomachs"

Read this moving account from an Amnesty fieldworker in Gaza:

Gaza fieldworker: “We are torn apart watching our children suffer from hunger”

In this moving account, Amnesty International's fieldworker bravely shares how their hopes of a ceasefire have been torn apart. The reality of their lives is now truly unbearable. Their home has been destroyed, they are facing displacement once again and the little food that is available just isn’t enough. They’re hungry, worried and afraid of what’s next.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Nepalese government’s failure to establish a regulatory framework for the Right to Housing Act, coupled with local authorities’ blatant disregard for the law, has resulted in forced evictions that have left hundreds homeless.

Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 22

The report, “’Nowhere to go’: Forced evictions in Nepal”, highlights the devastating impact on already marginalized communities, including Dalits and Indigenous Peoples, which are disproportionately affected by the forced evictions.

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Amnesty International South Asia @amnestysasia.bsky.social · Jul 22

Nepal 🇳🇵 : Our new research documents how authorities have ruthlessly bulldozed people's homes without even giving a chance to gather their clothing, medicine, their children’s books or important legal identity documents.

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Marginalized groups facing forced evictions and homelessness in Nepal

The Nepalese government’s failure to establish a regulatory framework for the Right to Housing Act, coupled with local authorities’ blatant disregard for the law, has resulted in forced evictions that...

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