Afghanistan
One year of the Taliban's broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence
Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, persecuting minority groups, violently clamping down on peaceful protests, suppressing women's rights and using extrajudicial executions and disappearances to spread fear among Afghans, Amnesty International said in a new briefing.
The briefing, released on the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover, documents how women and girls have been systematically pushed out of public life - barred from secondary and higher education, most forms of employment, and from travelling without a male guardian.
Minority communities, including Hazaras, have faced waves of attacks, forced displacements and the destruction of homes and schools. Peaceful protesters, journalists and civil society activists have been met with live ammunition, arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances.
The briefing, released on the first anniversary of the Taliban takeover, documents how women and girls have been systematically pushed out of public life - barred from secondary and higher education, most forms of employment, and from travelling without a male guardian.
Minority communities, including Hazaras, have faced waves of attacks, forced displacements and the destruction of homes and schools. Peaceful protesters, journalists and civil society activists have been met with live ammunition, arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances.