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Lawyer Says Afghan Courts Should Prosecute War Criminals, Not ICC

5th December, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 5, 2019 A lawyer representing Afghanistan has told the International Criminal Court (ICC) judges that the country opposes a proposed international investigation into possible war crimes and other abuses committed during the Afghan conflict, saying its own courts should be allowed to prosecute war criminals. Lawyer Rodney Dixon spoke on

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: War Crime |
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Trump lawyer to block ICC efforts to open war crimes probe

4th December, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Press TV December 4, 2019 A personal attorney of President Donald Trump plans to block efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into US war crimes overseas. This comes as the ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is set to make a second request to launch a full war crimes probe this

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: War Crime |
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“Mother of All Bombs” Caused Illness, Ruined Farmland: Residents

1st December, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News:  Almost two and a half years after the United States dropped the “mother of all bombs” onto a Daesh hideout in eastern Afghanistan, locals say they have been afflicted by “many diseases” and agricultural lands are not yielding crops. TOLOnews reporter Abdulhaq Omeri interviewed residents of Mohmand Dara village, in the Achin district in

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Economic News, Health News, Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Farming, Nangarhar |
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Afghanistan Releases Activists Who Exposed Alleged Pedophile Ring

27th November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 27, 2019 Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency says it has released two activists who helped expose an alleged pedophile ring operating in the country’s schools, a scandal that has sparked national outrage. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has come under fire for arresting last week the two human rights defenders

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Posted in Afghan Children, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government, Bacha Bazi, NDS |
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Afghan Authorities Urged to Release Human Rights Investigators

25th November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News November 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD – An international rights group on Monday demanded authorities in Afghanistan immediately release two local human rights defenders who exposed an alleged pedophile ring involved in the abuse of hundreds of school children. In a statement, Amnesty International accused Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS),

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Posted in Afghan Children, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights | Tags: Bacha Bazi, Logar |
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Violence Against Women Increases by 8%: Report

23rd November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, or AIHRC, in a new report claims that violence against women in the country has increased 8 percent with 2,762 cases this year. The report, which was made public at a gathering in Kabul on Saturday, compares 2,536 cases of violence against women over seven months of last

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights |
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Trump Pardon Sparks Reaction in Afghanistan

17th November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) warned on Sunday that Trump’s decisions to pardon two American soldiers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan will cause the repeat of such crimes. On Nov. 14, Trump granted clemency to two US Army officers convicted of or charged with war crimes in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: War Crime |
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Trump Pardons Two U.S. Army Officers Accused Of War Crimes In Afghanistan

16th November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 16, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump has issued pardons to two U.S. Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, action that critics say undermines the country’s military justice system. Trump on November 15 also restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in

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Posted in Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: War Crime |
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Afghan Women Face ‘Immoral Advances’ in Workplace: Rights Group

4th November, 2019 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday raised deep concerns over what it described as “immoral advances” towards women in the Afghan workplace, both in the government and private institutions.  Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: sexual harassment |
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CIA-Trained ‘Death Squads’ Behind Afghan War Crimes, Says Rights Group

31st October, 2019 · admin · 11 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2019 Human Rights Watch (HRW) says CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces have “committed summary executions and other grave abuses without accountability” — including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and attacks on health-care facilities. In its report, released on October 31, HRW called on the Afghan government to immediately disband all pro-government

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Night Raids, War Crime |
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