Press Release
One Month after Drones Report, Administration Still Fails to Explain Killings
A month has passed since Amnesty International released its report, “‘Will I Be Next?’ US Drone Strikes in Pakistan,” but…
November 26, 2013
Report
“Will I be Next?” US Drone Strikes in Pakistan
"Will I be next?," a new report from Amnesty International, finds that this killing, and several other so-called targeted killings…
October 21, 2013
Press Release
U.S. Drone Strikes: “Any Move Forward Has Got to Include Accountability”
In response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Pakistan for meetings to ease tensions over U.S. drone…
July 31, 2013
Report
Annual Report: Pakistan 2013
Islamic Republic of Pakistan Head of state Asif Ali Zardari Head of government Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (replaced Yousaf Raza Gillani)…
May 23, 2013
Press Release
Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions…
April 3, 2013
Press Release
Report exposes “the hands of cruelty” in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
Millions are locked in perpetual lawlessness in Pakistan’s northwestern Tribal Areas, where human rights abuses committed by the Armed Forces…
December 13, 2012
Press Release
New Report Exposes Abuses by Armed Forces and Taliban in Pakistan Tribal Areas
Human rights abuses committed by the Armed Forces and the Taliban in Pakistan’s northwestern Tribal Areas are locking millions in…
December 11, 2012
Report
‘The Hands of Cruelty:’ Abuses by Armed Forces and Taliban in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
During its bid to recapture territory from the Taliban over the last three years, the Pakistan Armed Forces have arbitrarily…
December 11, 2012
Press Release
Human Rights must be at the Forefront of Third and Final Presidential Debate
Grave abuses of human rights fuel or underpin many of the foreign policy challenges that will be the focus of…
October 19, 2012
Press Release
Taliban Claims Responsibility for Shooting 14-Year-Old Pakistani Girl
Amnesty International has denounced the Taliban for its “shocking act of violence” after the organization claimed responsibility for the shooting…
October 9, 2012
Press Release
Pakistani Girl Accused of Blasphemy Still in Danger Despite Bail
Today’s decision by a Pakistan court to grant bail to Rimsha Masih, a 14-year old Christian girl accused of blasphemy,…
September 7, 2012
Press Release
Pakistan Lynching a ‘Chilling Reminder’ of Dangers of Blasphemy Laws
Members of a baying mob who lynched a man accused of breaching Pakistan's blasphemy laws must urgently be brought to…
July 5, 2012