Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights in Afghanistan: UN

Dec 15, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 : A senior UN rights official has emphasised that respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by authorities in Afghanistan is...

Human Rights Watch urges ASEAN leaders to focus on human rights, humanitarian crisis

Oct 24, 2025

Governments attending upcoming regional summits in Malaysia should reject the Myanmar military junta's plans to hold "elections" in December 2025, Human Rights Watch said...

Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan 'nowhere' near over: Human rights activist

Jun 04, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 4 : Associate women's rights director and former senior Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr, has said that the...

Afghanistan: Economic crisis underlies mass hunger

Aug 06, 2022

Washington [US], August 6 : Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis cannot be effectively addressed unless the US and other governments ease restrictions on the country's banking...

Paank condemns ongoing enforced disappearances in Balochistan

Apr 19, 2025

Paank, the human rights wing of the Baloch National Movement, has strongly denounced the growing number of enforced disappearances in Balochistan and Karachi, describing...

Taliban flouting basic human rights in Afghanistan: Report

Apr 21, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 : Ever since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year, the right to education, especially for girls,...