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Afghanistan Analysts Network Author: Thomas Ruttig Date: 30 December 2013 Looking back from a vantage point: Parts of the international community paint rather brightly what has happened in terms of aid and security over the past […]

Members of the Natural Resources Monitoring Network urged the Afghan government to take strong measures against individuals and companies involved in illegal mining. Thousands of tons of minerals such as coal, chromite, and a variety […]

What Role after NATO’s Withdrawal? German Institute for International and Security Affairs Michael Holtje, Ronja Kempin As we approach 2014, there is much discussion about the nature and impact of NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, and rightly […]

In an unusually scathing report that is in line with FIDH’s own findings, the United Nations’ main anti-torture body expressed its utmost concerns over the widespread and systematic use of torture in Uzbekistan. The UN […]

Global group of prominent writers have joined forces to speak out about widespread surveillance including NSA scandal, described as an attack on ‘basic pillar of democracy’.

FIDH and its 178 member organizations throughout the world, including Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) in South Africa, pay tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Amnesty International Afghanistan’s proposed reinstatement of atrocious punishments would mark a dangerous return to legalized state brutality, Amnesty International said today as it urged the authorities to reject such plans. Public stoning to death, amputation […]

HRW Donors Should Withhold Funds if Law Passes NOVEMBER 25, 2013 (Kabul) – The Afghan government should immediately reject a proposal to restore stoning as punishment for adultery. A working group led by the Justice Ministry […]

Mr. Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), is serving a two years’ imprisonment sentence for advocating and exercising the right to peaceful assembly. He has been detained since July 9, 2012. […]

By Samina Ahmed, Christian Science Monitor In November 2001, on the eve of the Taliban’s ouster, former first lady Laura Bush tied the US-led intervention to the plight of Afghan women. “The fight against terrorism […]