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UK accused of complicity as world faces most dangerous moment for human rights - annual reportAmnesty's annual report warns the world is moving towards a dangerous phase of systemic breakdown, driven by states acting with increasing impunity.
21 Apr 2026 Press release -
UK: Afghan asylum approvals plunge as UK denies women fleeing Taliban, new briefing warnsAs the Taliban tightens its grip, the proportion of women granted safety here is falling. That is indefensible
14 Apr 2026 Press release -
Australia: Arrest of former SAS soldier over alleged war crimes is a critical step toward global justiceThe charges relate to the alleged killing of unarmed civilians and detainees following a five-year investigation into the accused’s conduct
07 Apr 2026 Press release -
Afghanistan: 4 years of Taliban rule leaves Afghans in legal darknessThe Taliban de-facto authorities must reinstate a formal constitutional and legal framework and the rule of law and immediately end the arbitrary and unfair delivery of justice in accordance with Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations
13 Aug 2025 Press release -
UK Special Forces: Justice Needed for Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan13 May 2025 Press release
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Afghanistan: Calls for legal action against Taliban is 'vital step' to secure justice for women and girlsThe Taliban’s violation of women’s and girls’ rights likely amounts to a crime against humanity
26 Sep 2024 Press release -
Afghanistan: women human rights activists voice intense frustration at life under Taliban15 Aug 2024 Press release
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Global: Women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan must be a priority at UN-hosted Doha meetingThe rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are non-negotiable
24 Jun 2024 Press release -
Afghanistan: Taliban double public execution condemned
Thousands watch as victims' relatives shot two men to death in a stadium in Ghazni yesterday
23 Feb 2024 Press release -
Pakistan: Government must stop mass detention and deportation of Afghan refugees – new testimoniesMore than 170,000 Afghans forced to leave the country
10 Nov 2023 Press release -
Pakistan: authorities must not carry out threat to deport Afghan refugees04 Oct 2023 Press release
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32,300 people called on the UK government to support women in AfghanistanMany thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action calling on the UK to safeguard the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
11 Sep 2023 -
UK: Refugee footballers meet Keir Starmer after exhibition match with Women's Parliamentary teamAfghan refugee team and Comfort Angels met football fan Keir Starmer at Parliament after victorious match against women’s parliamentary team
21 Jun 2023 Press release -
Pakistan: Afghan refugees harassed, jailed and forced to pay bribes - new testimoniesDeeply flawed relocation schemes with lack of safe and legal routes for Afghans to reach the UK and other countries
20 Jun 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: Taliban's 'collective punishment' of civilians in Panjshir province is a war crime - new investigationVideo and eyewitness evidence shows widespread human rights abuses against civilians in Panjshir
07 Jun 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: Taliban's treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity - Major New ReportAfghanistan Report: Taliban's treatment of women and girls is crime against humanity
25 May 2023 Press release -
Australia: Former SAS soldier arrested for alleged war crime in Afghanistan is 'encouraging first step'
Four-year inquiry found evidence of grave human rights violations by Australian special forces soldiers in Afghanistan
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council must address Taliban's ongoing 'relentless abuses'New evidence of attacks, abductions and enforced disappearances against civilians in Panjshir
05 Mar 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: UN Security Council must take concrete steps to end the 'systemic decimation' of women and girls' rights in the countryTaliban’s ban on women and girls from accessing work, education, sports and public spaces is a ‘humanitarian disaster’
13 Jan 2023 Press release -
Afghanistan: Public execution by the Taliban is 'cruel, inhuman and degrading'First public execution since the Taliban’s return to power
07 Dec 2022 Press release
