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The question before us now is: What can we do? Can we stand by and watch as Afghan women are silenced and subjugated, or will we, as a nation, step up and take meaningful action?

As of 8 August 2024, the National Register of Missing and Disappeared Persons reported up to 116,386 disappeared and missing persons. With the numbers ever rising, this is not just a historical problem.

It has been five years since India revoked Jammu and Kashmir's semi-autonomous status, a decision that plunged the region into a stringent lockdown marked by extensive control over freedom of the press, expression, and politics.

The fruits of the student liberation movement are only beginning to be felt. A decade of brute oppression is slowly coming undone.

On 26 July the United Nations Committee against Torture published its latest review of the situation in Türkiye.

Bangladesh is witnessing a deadly crackdown against student protesters. The heavy-handed response from the authorities has resulted in several hundred deaths of students, journalists and bystanders, as well as thousands being injured.

This is a disturbing and escalating story. Bangladesh is witnessing a deadly crackdown against student protesters. The heavy-handed response from the authorities has resulted in several hundred deaths of students, journalists and...

A new campaign on the Families of the Disappeared coming soon.

On 14th June 2023, the “Adriana” packed with an estimated 750 refugees sank off the coast of Pylos, Greece. Over 600 people including many children drowned.

So, when someone asks if it is it safe to go to Kashmir as a tourist, the answer is, yes tourists are safe in Kashmir, but Kashmiris live in fear of a knock on the door.

On the 20th of September 2023, Amnesty International launched a new campaign to help put an end to Algeria’s mounting climate of repression.