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The Taliban's War on Women: The crime against humanity of gender persecution in Afghanistan

May 25, 2023

After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely, despite the Taliban's initial promise to respect women's and girls' rights. The Taliban have been increasingly introducing new restrictions with the apparent aim of completely erasing women's and girls' presence from public arenas. Taliban policies have been further oppressing women and girls in almost all aspects of their lives. The widespread and systematic subjugation of girls and women in Afghanistan is a flagrant violation of their human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Lives at Risk: Barriers and Harms As Biden Asylum Ban Takes Effect

May 19, 2023

This joint report presents findings and recommendations regarding the end of the Title 42 policy and the implementation of punitive policies along the border, including the Biden administration's new asylum ban. From May 10 to 12, adelegation of human, civil, and immigrants' rights leaders saw firsthand the difficulties that people seeking asylum face when attempting to secure appointments at U.S. ports of entry via the CBP One app; the barriers some face waiting and trying to seek asylum at ports of entry without a CBP One appointment; the squalid and inhumane living conditions of migrants at the border; and the violence and anti-Black racism that people seeking asylum endure while waiting in Mexico.

USA: Mandatory Use of CBP One Application Violates the Right to Seek Asylum

May 7, 2023

Title 42 is expected to end on May 11, 2023, in conjunction with the administration of US President Biden ending the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In accordance with the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), once Title 42 is terminated, asylum-seekers will be required to use the CBP One application to schedule a time to arrive at participating ports of entry along the southern border in order to present their asylum claims. Amnesty International considers that the mandatory use of CBP One as the exclusive manner of entry into the United States to seek international protection violates international human rights law.

A cry for justice: 5 Years of Oppression and Resistance in Nicaragua

April 18, 2023

Nicaragua has been in a social, political, and human rights crisis since at least April 2018, when the government responded with violence and unjust criminalization to mass protests against a proposal for social security reform. Since then, civic space has been systematically eroded by the government, which has persecuted those perceived as dissidents or opponents. This document presents an account of the main milestones and repressive processes witnessed in the country in the last five years which have culminated in a bleak scene of massive and systematic human rights violations that were continuing at the date that research for this report concluded, 13 April 2023.

Türkiye/Syria: A human rights response to the 6 February earthquakes

February 23, 2023

The catastrophic earthquakes that devastated southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February and again on 20 February require a committed and sustained global humanitarian response.To date, the combined death toll is over 46,000 and climbing. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and without shelter, food, potable water, and medical care. Thousands remain missing.Türkiye has invoked a state of emergency in the affected provinces. Aid provision in Syria has been slowed down and obstructed by political considerations and logistical difficulties that have eclipsed the need for an urgent and immediate response to people's needs in the northwest.In responding to a major crisis, there must be concerted efforts towards the promotion and protection of the human rights of everyone. These include:the right to lifeprotection against arbitrary detentionsecurity of personfreedom from torture and other ill-treatmentfreedom of expression and associationprotection for refugees and asylum seekers and protecting migrants' rightseconomic, social, and cultural rights – including access to housing, adequate nutrition, potable water, sanitation, healthcare, and aid without discrimination.

تركيا /سوريا : استجابة لزالزل 6 فرباير /شباط من منظور حقوق اإلنسان

February 23, 2023

تقتضي الزالزل الكارثية التي دمرت جنوب شرقي تركيا وشمال سوريا في 6 فبراير/شباط، ومجد ًدا في 20فبراير/شباط، استجابة إنسانية عالمية تتّسم بااللتزام واالستدامة. وحتى اليوم ، وصل مجموع عدد القتلى إلى مازال يتصاعد. وقد ت مئات اآلالف من األشخاص ب ال منزل، ومأوى، وطعام، وماء صالح ُ يزيد على 46,000 وما ركللشرب، ورعاية طبية. ويظل اآلالف في عداد المفقودين . تعرب منظمة العفو الدولية عن خالص تعازيها وتعاطفهاالشديد مع جميع المتضررين من الزالزل األخيرة، كما تق ّدر الجهود الدؤوبة التي يبذلها المتطوّعون وأولالمستجيبين والمسعفون في عمليّات البحث واإلنقاذ في هذه الظروف الصعبة .تصل المساعدات ببطء وبعد مرور أكثر من أسبوعين منذ الزالزل األولى، يتواصل تنامي احتياجات األشخاصوالمجتمعات في البلدين. وقد أعلنت تركيا حالة الطوارئ في المناطق الم تضرّرة. وتباطأ تقديم المساعدات فيسوريا وواجه عراقيل جراء اعتبارات سياسية وصعوبات لوجستية طغت على الحاجة إلى استجابة طارئة وفوريةالحتياجات الناس في شمال غربي البالد.ال ُيو َق العمل بحقوق اإلنسان ، ويجب بذل جهود متضافرة من أجل تعزيز وحماية وفي زمن مثل هذه األزمات، فحقوق اإلنسان للجميع. ويظل الحق في الحياة، والحماية من االعتقال التعسفي، وأمن األ شخاص ، وعدم التعرّضللتعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة السيئة، وحرية التعبير وتكوين الجمعيات أو االنضمام إليها، وواجب منح الحمايةالدولية لالجئين وطالبي اللجوء والحفاظ عليها، ومراعاة حقوق المهاجرين - التزامات ضرورية للدول في حاالتالطوارئ، مع استثناءات قليلة. وتكتسي حماية الحقوق االقتصادية واالجتماعية والثقافية التي تضمن إمكانيةالحصول على السكن، والغذاء الكافي، وماء الشرب، والصرف الصحي، والرعاية الصحية بأهمية حاسمة، ويتض ّمنذلك إيصال المساعدات .وكثيًرا ما تواجه النساء، واألطفال، والنازحون، وكبار السن ، وذوو اإلعاقة، وأفراد مجتمع الميم، واألقليات اإلثنيةوالعرقية، وغيرها من الجماعات المه ّمشة، تحديات مضاعفة في أوقات األزمات، ومن ضمنها الكوارث الطبيعية،ويحتاجون إلى حماية خاصة من التمييز والهجمات واإلساءات العنصرية. ويجب تقديم المساعدات في األوضاعالعصيبة التي تسببها ال كوارث الطبيعية بدون تمييز من أي نوع كان، بما في ذلك على أساس الجنسية، والعرق،والدين، والوضع المتعلق بالهجرة، واآلراء السياسية.ويمكن للمقاربة الحقوقية لالستجابة للكوارث أن تُي ّسر التقديم المنصف والفعال للمساعدات اإلنسانية، وأنتحاسب أي الحكومات في ما يتعلق بتقيدها بالمعايير الدولية لحقوق اإلنسان، ومن ضمنها مبدأ عدم التمييز. وال ًضايجوز للدول أن تستهدف بصورة تمييزية أي مجموعة تجمع التبرعات بصورة قانونية و/أو توزع مساعدات اإلغاثةالمتعلقة بالكوارث بصورة قانونية، وال يجوز لها أن تصادر تعس ًفا هذه األموال أو المواد.ترد أدناه التحديات التي تواجهها حقوق اإلنسان في تركيا وسوريا، وهي تستند إلى العمل الذي قامت به منظمةالعفو الدولية في الماضي بشأن الكوارث الطبيعية، بما فيها زلزال 2010 الكارثي الذي ضرب هايتي، وبشأناإلرشادات المتعلقة بأفضل الممارسات من أجل حماية حقوق اإلنسان في حاالت هكذا أزمات.The catastrophic earthquakes that devastated southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February and again on 20 February require a committed and sustained global humanitarian response.To date, the combined death toll is over 46,000 and climbing. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and without shelter, food, potable water, and medical care. Thousands remain missing.Türkiye has invoked a state of emergency in the affected provinces. Aid provision in Syria has been slowed down and obstructed by political considerations and logistical difficulties that have eclipsed the need for an urgent and immediate response to people's needs in the northwest.In responding to a major crisis, there must be concerted efforts towards the promotion and protection of the human rights of everyone. These include:the right to lifeprotection against arbitrary detentionsecurity of personfreedom from torture and other ill-treatmentfreedom of expression and associationprotection for refugees and asylum seekers and protecting migrants' rightseconomic, social, and cultural rights – including access to housing, adequate nutrition, potable water, sanitation, healthcare, and aid without discrimination.

TÜRKİYE/SURİYE: ŞUBAT DEPREMLERİ HAKKINDA İNSAN HAKLARI ODAKLI BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

February 23, 2023

6 Şubat'ta ve 20 Şubat'ta Türkiye'nin güneydoğusunu ve Suriye'nin kuzeyini yıkıma uğratan korkunç depremler, kararlı ve devamlı küresel insani müdahale gerektiriyor. Bugüne kadar her iki bölgede kaydedilen toplam ölü sayısı 46 bini aştı ve bu sayı artmaya devam ediyor. Yüz binlerce insan evsiz ve barınma, gıda, içme suyu ve tıbbi bakımdan yoksun kaldı. Binlerce kişi hâlâ kayıp.Uluslararası Af Örgütü, depremlerden etkilenen herkese en derin üzüntülerini ifade etmekte ve böylesi zorlu koşullarda arama-kurtarma çalışmalarına katılan gönüllülerin ve ilk müdahale ekiplerinin yorulmak bilmeyen çabalarını takdir ve minnetle karşılamaktadır.Yardımlar ihtiyaç sahiplerine ağır ulaştı ve ilk depremlerin üzerinden iki haftadan uzun süre geçmişken iki ülkede de insanların ve toplulukların ihtiyaçları artmaya devam ediyor. Türkiye etkilenen illerde olağanüstü hâl ilan etti.1 Suriye'de, siyasi değerlendirmeler ve lojistik zorluklar yardım ulaştırma çabalarını yavaşlattı ve engelledi, deprem bölgesinde insanların ihtiyaçlarına acil ve hızlı yanıt verme gereğini gölgede bıraktı.Bu gibi kriz durumlarında insan hakları askıya alınamaz ve herkesin insan haklarının iyileştirilmesi ve korunması için koordineli çaba sarf edilmelidir. Yaşam hakkı, keyfi alıkonulmaya karşı koruma, kişi güvenliği, işkence ve diğer türde kötü muameleye maruz bırakmama, ifade ve örgütlenme özgürlüğü, mültecilere ve sığınmacılara uluslararası koruma sağlama ve sürdürme yükümlülüğü ve göçmenlerin haklarına riayet edilmesi olağanüstü hâllerde birkaç istisna dışında devletin başat taahhütleri olmayı sürdürmektedir. Yardımların dağıtılmasında da dahil olmak üzere barınma, yeterli beslenme, içme suyu, hijyen olanakları ve tıbbi bakıma erişim sağlanarak ekonomik, sosyal ve kültürel hakların korunması kritik önemdedir.Kadınlar, çocuklar, yerinden edilen kişiler, yaşlılar, engelliler, LGBTİ+'lar, etnik ve ırksal azınlıklar ve ötekileştirilen diğer gruplar genellikle doğal felaketleri de kapsayan kriz durumlarında artan zorluklarla karşılaşır ve ayrımcılığa, ırkçı saldırılara ve istismara karşı özel korumaya ihtiyaç duyarlar. Doğal afetlerin yarattığı zor durumlarda yardım ulaştırma çabaları uyruk, etnik köken, din, göçmenlik statüsü ve siyasi görüş temelinde ayrımcılık dahil hiçbir türde ayrımcılık yapılmadan hayata geçirilmelidir.Afet müdahalelerine insan hakları merkezli bir yaklaşım, insani yardımın adil ve etkili bir şekilde sağlanmasını kolaylaştırabilir ve hükümetlerden, ayrımcılık yasağı dahil uluslararası insan hakları standartlarına ne ölçüde uydukları hususunda hesap sorabilir. Devletler, hukuka uygun olarak bağış toplayan ve/veya afet yardımı dağıtan hiçbir grubu ayrımcılıkla hedef almamalı ve bu yardım fonları ve malzemelerine keyfi şekilde el koymamalıdır.Türkiye ve Suriye'de insan hakları bakımından yaşanan zorluklar aşağıda açıklanmaktadır ve bunlar, Uluslararası Af Örgütü'nün, 2010'da Haiti'deki deprem felaketi dahil doğal afetler ve bu gibi kriz durumlarında insan haklarının korunması için en iyi uygulama ilkeleri hakkındaki geçmiş çalışmalarına dayanmaktadır.The catastrophic earthquakes that devastated southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February and again on 20 February require a committed and sustained global humanitarian response.To date, the combined death toll is over 46,000 and climbing. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and without shelter, food, potable water, and medical care. Thousands remain missing.Türkiye has invoked a state of emergency in the affected provinces. Aid provision in Syria has been slowed down and obstructed by political considerations and logistical difficulties that have eclipsed the need for an urgent and immediate response to people's needs in the northwest.In responding to a major crisis, there must be concerted efforts towards the promotion and protection of the human rights of everyone. These include:the right to lifeprotection against arbitrary detentionsecurity of personfreedom from torture and other ill-treatmentfreedom of expression and associationprotection for refugees and asylum seekers and protecting migrants' rightseconomic, social, and cultural rights – including access to housing, adequate nutrition, potable water, sanitation, healthcare, and aid without discrimination.

“Children”: The attack on the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine

June 30, 2022

On 16 March 2022, shortly after 10am, a Russian air strike destroyed the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine. At the time of the attack, hundreds of civilians were in and around the theatre; many were killed. The theatre was clearly recognizable as a civilian object, perhaps more so than any other location in the city. The evidence Amnesty International has gathered demonstrates that the attack was a war crime.

“Anyone can die at any time”: Indiscriminate attacks by Russian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine

June 13, 2022

From the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian forces launched a relentless campaign of indiscriminate bombardments against Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city. They shelled residential neighbourhoods almost daily, killing and injuring hundreds of civilians and causing wholesale destruction, often using widely banned cluster munitions.

“There Is No Help for Our Community”: The Impact of States’ COVID-19 Responses on Groups Affected by Unjust Criminalization

May 31, 2022

This report is based on information Amnesty International received in response to an online survey, distributed between May and September 2021, among partner organizations working with people affected by unjust criminalization. A total of 54 responses were received from civil society organizations working on issues including sex workers' rights, LGBTI rights, drug policy reform, homelessness, racial justice, Indigenous people's rights, discrimination based on work and descent, and sexual and reproductive rights. When further information was required, Amnesty International conducted interviews with representatives of organizations.The report incorporates country-specific primary research on the impact of Covid-19 measures previously published by Amnesty International. In addition, an extensive literature review of media reports, academic articles, reports and statements by civil society organizations and international mechanisms was carried out, as well as interviews with several international organizations, public health experts and civil society representatives. 

Write for Rights 2021 Campaign Report

April 12, 2022

In 2021 Write for Rights (W4R) was 20 years old. Beginning as grassroots activism in Poland, the campaign now sees over 70 Amnesty entities taking part and people in 120 countries around the world taking action either in person or online.Covid-19 continued to impact campaigning for Write for Rights, with many countries still imposing strict rules around group gatherings. There was however light at the end of the tunnel for some national entities, who did manage to hold in person events. For those who couldn't, the innovations and 'outside the box' thinking continued, with creativity and technology helping make restrictions less restrictive!As we rapidly head into planning for Write for Rights 2022, now is the time to reflect on what we all did together and the amazing ways we worked for positive human rights change in the lives of 10 individuals and communities at risk. 

UKRAINE AND RUSSIA: Amnesty International’s Key Recommendations for EU leaders

March 22, 2022

This document outlines Amnesty International's main concerns and recommendations in view of the 24-25 March European Council discussion on the crisis in Ukraine.Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter and an act of aggression that is a crime under international law. One month since the invasion, Amnesty International has documented an escalating pattern of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, with catastrophic consequences for the Ukrainian people and the entire civilian population.