AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
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Conflicts & War
UN report cites 1,600 cases of torture, ill-treatment of detainees in Afghanistan
Geneva, Sep 20 (EFE).- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has collected evidence of at least 1,600 cases…
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Politics
Taliban arrest girls’ education activist in Kabul, UN says
Kabul, Mar 28 (EFE).- The founder of a girls’ education project in Afghanistan has been arrested by the Taliban government…
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Politics
UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ public flogging in Afghanistan
Geneva, Nov 25 (EFE).- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned Friday the mass public…
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Politics
Afghan women bear the brunt of Taliban curbs on human rights
Kabul, Aug 11 (EFE)- The reversal of human rights in Afghanistan, especially for women – who have been practically erased…
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Politics
UN flags human rights violations in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
Kabul, Jul 20 (EFE).- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in…
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Politics
‘Afghanistan at a crossroads due to critical human rights challenges’
Kabul, May 26 (EFE).– Richard Bennett, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan on human rights, Thursday said the war-battered…
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Politics
Taliban dissolve Afghan human rights commission
Kabul, May 17 (EFE).- The Taliban government on Tuesday dissolved the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission along with four other…
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