By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, June 18, 2023Heather Barr, the associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch described the ‘Doha Agreement between the US and Taliban’ as less transparent and incomprehensive, adding the deal excluded Afghan women from political engagement to a great extent. Heather Barr on Saturday in a tweet accused Zalmy Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation of undermining women’s rights in the…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 15, 2023Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The organization said in a statement that two-thirds of the country’s population is food insecure, including 875,000 children facing acute malnutrition and women and girls remain most at risk. The statement also added that the United Nations is fighting with two fronts at a time, “keeping aid flowing to…
report in The Island, Apr 4, 2023The Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns over the proposed enactment of new Anti-Terrorism law. In its end of mission statement, AI Senior Director Deprose Muchena, who led the delegation said that any anti-terrorism legislation should be in line with international human rights law. The Opposition here and international organisations including International Commission of Jurists have condemned the proposed new law. Drawing attention to a number of human rights…
Report in TOLOnews, March 29,2023 at 9:56 PMAmnesty International released its annual report in which it called attention to the situation of human rights, women’s rights, and restrictions on media in Afghanistan. “Restrictions on women’s rights, freedom of the media and freedom of expression increased exponentially,” the report reads. “Institutions designed to support human rights were severely limited or shut down completely. Peaceful protesters faced arbitrary arrests, torture and enforced disappearance.” The report also accused…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press Online, March 16, 2023Tomas Niklasson, European Special Representative for Afghanistan expressed his concerns about human rights and said stability in Afghanistan requires an inclusive political system and national dialogue. Mr. Niklasson on Tuesday wrote on Twitter that an inclusive government should be formed to avoid further political unrest and stability in the war-torn country. Furthermore, he expressed concerns about human rights and growing threats from terrorism in Afghanistan and…
Reuters in Dawn, March 16th, 2023WASHINGTON: Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Emirati authorities of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have no legal pathways to refugee status or resettlement elsewhere. Many of those housed in Emirates Humanitarian City are suffering from depression and other psychological ailments, have no access to legal counsel, and have inadequate educational services for their children, a Human Rights Watch report said.…
by Mirudhula Thambiah in The Daily MorningTMTK’s Wiggy and TNA’s Sumanthiran say HRCSL has portrayed Northern demands inaccuratelyResponding to the recent recommendations made by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) that the Northern people are agreeable to an internal mechanism provided that the Truth Commission comprises members of competency and integrity, Tamil political parties in the Northern Province stated yesterday (6) that this does not fairly correspond to what the people in the…
report in The News, March 6th, 2023LAHORE: Caretaker Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Aamir Mir has said that on March 8 in Lahore, full security will be provided to the participants of the Aurat March by the police and the safety of women participating in the march would be ensured. The organisers of the march had demanded protection for participants of the march, to which the provincial minister assured the organisers that the government…
report in Daily Mirror, Mar 6, 2023 Sri Lanka has once again rejected the resolution 51/1 against Sri Lanka adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in October last year, but said Sri Lanka will remain open to discussion with the Council. “A series of unhelpful resolutions have been adopted by the HRC, the latest being resolution 51/1, without our consent as the country concerned. I reiterate Sri Lanka´s position, which was stated…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, March 2, 2023Ned Price, the spokesman for the US State Department, in a press conference, said that the Taliban had not fulfilled the commitments that they made in Doha Agreements, including engaging in political dialogue, fighting terrorist groups and respecting human rights. “We have seen Mullah Baradar’s statement, and we, of course, disagree with the key points in his statement. Namely, the Taliban have not fulfilled their commitments…
report in TOLOnews, Mar 8, 2023The European Council announced on Tuesday it has sanctioned nine individuals and three entities under its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, including two acting ministers from Afghanistan. According to the EU Council, two acting “Taliban” ministers– for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadim and for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi–who are “behind the decrees banning women from higher education and gender-segregated practices in public…