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Pakistan president signed legislation to implement Sharia law in province [this day at law]
April 13, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On April 13, 2009, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zadari signed legislation that officially established Islamic Sharia law in the country's North West Frontier Province of Swat, an area bordering Afghanistan. Islamic militants linked to the Taliban reached an agreement with the government to.... [more]
HRW to Afghanistan: prosecute sexual abusers, not victims
February 10, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that Afghanistan needs to take steps to ensure that its laws protect victims of sexual abuse and do not result in their prosecution. HRW is calling for this reform following a recent court decision which convicted a 13-year-old boy and sentenced him to one.... [more]
HRW to Afghanistan: end torture in government detention facilities
February 3, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Afghanistan to make meaningful reforms to end the use of torture in government detention centers. HRW called attention to a UN report released last month that more than half of pre-trial detainees being held in Afghanistan were being subjected to torture,.... [more]
Kabul Execution Spree Bodes Ill for Human Rights [comment]
December 17, 2012 by Stephanie Kogut
JURIST Guest Columnist Heather Barr, the Human Rights Watch researcher for Afghanistan, argues that the executions approved recently approved by Afghanistan's president are further distancing the country from its western support...When the executions came, they happened so quickly that they were.... [more]
HRW reported that Afghanistan civilians struggle to exercise human rights [this day at law]
December 4, 2012 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On December 4, 2011, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that the Afghan government failed to ensure and protect human rights in the decade following the demise of the Taliban government. HRW expressed particular concern over the weak Afghan legal system and continued violence towards women, issues.... [more]
Afghanistan government ends death penalty moratorium with 8 executions
November 21, 2012 by Addison Morris
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Afghan government to institute a moratorium on further executions after eight men were hanged, marking an end of Afghanistan's four-year virtual moratorium on the death penalty. Human rights advocacy groups, such as HRW, see this mass execution as a.... [more]
UN claimed Afghanistan prisoners faced abuse, torture [this day at law]
October 10, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On October 10, 2011, a report released by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated that some prisoners in Afghan-run detention centers were being beaten and tortured. The report also stated that approximately half of the population in the detention center had been interrogated via.... [more]
Afghanistan urged to withdraw proposed media law
July 3, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concern about a proposed media law in Afghanistan that would increase government authority to regulate the press. According to HRW, the new law would place greater oversight authority in the director of the High Media Council, which would also be able.... [more]
Afghanistan rights panel claimed Marines violated humanitarian law [this day at law]
April 14, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On April 14, 2007, an report released by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) concluded that a US Marine Corps Special Forces unit violated international humanitarian law in its military response to a March 4, 2007 suicide bombing. The report found that following the initial.... [more]
HRW urges Afghanistan to release women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes'
March 30, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called on the Afghan government to release women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for "moral crimes", many of which involve flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence and "zina," which is sex outside of marriage due to rape or forced.... [more]
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