The Guardian (UK): Gul Rahman was killed in a secret CIA interrogation facility where he endured being doused with frigid water and shackled naked – It took almost 15 years for Gul Rahman’s family to receive a direct acknowledgment that he had been killed in a secret CIA interrogation facility in Afghanistan. Now the family is pressing the
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Television stations in Pakistan are under fire for their continued black out of peaceful rallies by an ethnic Pashtun movement against extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances of Pashtuns, particularly those living in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. The Pashtun Tahafuz (Protection) Movement organized its latest
ANSA: The Afghan High Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (TIP Commission) launched a training manual in Kabul on how to identify and assist victims of human trafficking in Afghanistan. The manual is aimed at state workers in the country and NGO stakeholders. Click here to read more (external link). Related TRAFFICKING
Forbes: As if Donald Trump does not face enough lawsuits and legal wrangling, there are signs that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague may consider prosecuting Americans over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in Afghanistan. With the recent appointment of John Bolton, long an opponent of the ICC, as
Lawfare: John Bolton’s appointment as national security adviser may have the most dramatic implications for U.S. policy toward North Korea and Iran. But there’s another dimension to his elevation that deserves at least some attention. Bolton, who has been a ferocious opponent of the International Criminal Court, will likely be assuming his post just as the
Human Rights Watch: More than 8 out of 10 Afghan women and girls will suffer domestic and other violence in their lifetime. Before 2001, they had nowhere to run. These days there are some safe havens: the country’s tiny, but desperately important, network of women’s shelters. But these shelters are now under attack – and not for the
VOA News February 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A global watchdog is calling on Afghan authorities and the U.S. military to promptly investigate allegations local forces summarily executed civilians during recent counter-Taliban operations in the southern Kandahar province. The alleged abuses occurred from January 31 to February 1 when Afghan special forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, undertook
Press TV February 16, 2018 A human rights group says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has received over one and a half million statements of alleged war crimes from Afghan citizens in a span of three months. The Human Rights and Eradication of Violence organization said on Thursday that the ICC had received 1.7 million
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 2, 2018 Golnaz Esfandiari Nusrat Parsa A shocking video of a mob beating in northern Afghanistan has provided a window into the brutal “justice” women in the country can face. Footage of the incident, which reportedly took place in December in Takhar Province, only recently emerged on social media.
BBC News: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are deciding whether to authorise an official war crimes inquiry into events in Afghanistan. They are due to begin examining written submissions from victims in Afghanistan about whom and what any potential investigation should focus on. The BBC has learnt that one of the most high-ranking officials to