Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Journalists caught between government, Taleban - 12 August 2009

Days before the Afghan presidential elections, journalists from thirteen provinces in Afghanistan have told Amnesty International that they had recently been threatened by Afghan government officials because of their critical reporting.

At the same time, the Taleban and other anti-government groups have also stepped up attacks against journalists and blocked nearly all reporting from areas under their control.

“Afghans have made government corruption and failure to implement the rule of law as key aspects of the current election campaign, but some government officials want to respond to criticism by silencing the journalists who monitor government conduct and provide vital information to the voting public,” said Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific director.

Afghanistan: Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights - 4 August 2009

As the Afghan people prepare to go to the polls in elections on 20 August, Amnesty International today published a Ten-Point Agenda for Human Rights in Afghanistan, targeting the 38 presidential candidates, in a bid to improve the country’s desperate human rights situation.

US blocks publication of detainee abuse photos - 14 May 2009

The US administration moved on Thursday to block publication of photographs depicting abuse of detainees in US custody in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Urgent investigation needed into civilian deaths in Afghanistan - 8 May 2009

Amnesty International demanded the United States immediately conduct independent, credible, and transparent investigations into air strikes in western Afghanistan th

Further US torture revelations highlight need for independent commission of inquiry - 23 April 2009

Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 according to information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelli

NATO Afghanistan Summit: Crucial moment for human rights - 3 April 2009

Commenting on the NATO summit on Afghanistan set to begin in Strasbourg today, Amnesty International Asia Pacific Programme Director Sam Zarifi, said:

MEDI A BRIEFING: Afghanistan - Three concrete steps to improve conditions for Afghans - 30 March 2009

As representatives of the international community gather in The Hague to discuss the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Amnesty International outlined three concr

Cruel, discriminatory, unfair and degrading – the death penalty in 2008 - 23 March 2009

More people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008. By contrast, in Europe, only one country continues to use the death penalty: Belarus.

Afghanistan: Freedom of expression faces increasing threats - 12 March 2009

Freedom of expression in Afghanistan faces increasing threats from the government as well as anti-government forces, Amnesty International warned today.

Freedom of expression in Afghanistan faces increasing threats - 13 March 2009

Journalists and media workers now vulnerable to violence and intimidation by both the government and anti-government forces.