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16 Mar 2021 - 11:23
KABUL (Pajhwok): Amnesty International on Tuesday asked the Ashraf Ghani administration to keep its promise to create a body for the protection of human rights defenders at risk.
In a statement, the global organisation recalled a presidential decree creating the Joint Commission for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.
More than three months on, it noted, no practical steps had been taken to make it an effective protection mechanism, with a lack of information forthcoming on any plan to address the threat faced by members of Afghan civil society.
“An already dire situation for Afghanistan’s human rights community has significantly worsened in recent months,” the AI statement added.
Amnesty Intl: Afghan Govt Must Protect Human Rights Workers
With Afghanistan’s human rights defenders facing a renewed surge in threats and attacks, the authorities must urgently deliver on their pledge to establish a functional body dedicated to the protection of human rights defenders at risk, said Amnesty International. More than three months since a presidential decree nominally created the Joint Commission for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, no practical steps have been taken to make it an effective protection mechanism, with a lack of information forthcoming on any plan or strategy to address the escalating threat faced by members of Afghan civil society, said the watchdog group.
(Last Updated On: March 16, 2021)
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday blasted the Afghan government for not having delivered on their pledge to establish a functional body dedicated to protecting human rights defenders in Afghanistan.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the global rights watchdog said more than three months ago a Presidential Decree was issued on the establishment of a Joint Commission for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.
However “no practical steps have been taken to make it an effective protection mechanism, with a lack of information forthcoming on any plan or strategy to address the escalating threat faced by members of Afghan civil society”, the statement read.
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