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Pakistan UN Envoy: Kabul Must Choose Between Peace or Isolation
16 Feb 2026 18:21 GMT
… . Deputy Ambassador Tami Bruce condemned hostage-taking tactics, saying Resolution 1988 remains … stressed focus on counterterrorism over human rights.
The extension reinforces international pressure …
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Humanitarian mission: Five Luxembourg nationals to join latest Gaza-bound flotilla
14 Feb 2026 17:37 GMT
… of deaths. Citing reports from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, OCHA, and … in the event of a hostage-taking situation. They will also be …
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UN Extends Taliban Sanctions: Are They Really Putting Pressure?
14 Feb 2026 08:37 GMT
… for an end to hostage-taking and the release of … emphasized the importance of human rights, counterterrorism, and the … end all forms of hostage-taking and arbitrary detentions.
The … shift counterterrorism matters toward human rights, which could be “ …
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UN extends mandate of Taliban sanctions monitoring team amid regional security concerns
13 Feb 2026 15:29 GMT
… resolution rightly emphasises the dire human rights conditions, particularly for women and … payments or political concessions benefiting hostage-takers or terrorist groups.”<…
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German firm keen to invest in Afghanistan’s mining sector
13 Feb 2026 14:35 GMT
… ’s counterterrorism efforts and its human rights record, especially regarding women and … ) must end all forms of hostage-taking and wrongful detentions,” she said … and narcotics trafficking to the human rights situation in Afghanistan are counterproductive …
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UN Security Council extends Taliban sanctions monitoring mandate for 12 months
13 Feb 2026 08:57 GMT
… , as well as incidents of hostage-taking.
Just this month, 80 innocent … trafficking, humanitarian crises and the human rights situation facing Afghan women and …
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A Billion-Dollar Industry of Death: When Europe’s Walls Deliver Asylum Seekers into the Hands of Criminal Gangs
12 Feb 2026 14:51 GMT
… had been deceptive.
Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have … have reported being kidnapped by hostage-takers and forced to pay between …
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Hong Kong jails father of US-based exile activist in ‘retaliation’
12 Feb 2026 10:41 GMT
… pro-democracy advocacy. This is hostage taking. This is transnational repression.”
The … urged Xi on China visit
Human rights groups said the use of …
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Republicans Debut 'Nigeria Religious Freedom' Act Demanding Report on U.S. Support for Persecuted Christians
12 Feb 2026 06:29 GMT
… is found to be aiding human rights abuses on faith grounds. Trump … conducted attacks involving targeted killings, hostage-taking, hijackings, armed assaults, massacres of …
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NNPP Expresses Shock over US Proposed Visa Ban, Asset Seizure Against Kwankwaso, Others
12 Feb 2026 03:56 GMT
… under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and determine … law, including targeted killings, hostage-taking, armed assaults, massacres and forced … freezes under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, against individuals …