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Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh cannot build effective resilience to the increasing climate change impacts if it leaves the most neglected groups behind.
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🇧🇩 BANGLADESH: Authorities are failing to uphold the rights of dalit sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, which is only getting worse amid a global climate crisis.
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
PAKISTAN: 10 days since the enforced disappearance of six Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members, Noorullah Tareen, Hanif Pashteen, Syed Irfanullah, Farman Wazir, Adnan Wazir and Habib Wazir, their whereabouts remain unknown. 1/3
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
PAKISTAN: 10 days since the enforced disappearance of six Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members, Noorullah Tareen, Hanif Pashteen, Syed Irfanullah, Farman Wazir, Adnan Wazir and Habib Wazir, their whereabouts remain unknown. 1/3
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
🧹 How you clean your home vs. how sanitation workers clean your cities
With plungers? Hardly. In Pakistan, sanitation workers face exploitative working structures.
👉 Read more in our report: “Cut us open and see that we bleed like them”
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
With plungers? Hardly. In Pakistan, sanitation workers face exploitative working structures.
👉 Read more in our report: “Cut us open and see that we bleed like them”
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🧹 How you clean your home vs. how sanitation workers clean your cities
With plungers? Hardly. In Pakistan, sanitation workers face exploitative working structures.
👉 Read more in our report: “Cut us open and see that we bleed like them”
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
With plungers? Hardly. In Pakistan, sanitation workers face exploitative working structures.
👉 Read more in our report: “Cut us open and see that we bleed like them”
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
🧤 Sanitation work can be life-saving, essential and dignified.
Today is World Toilet Day, but for thousands of sanitation workers in Pakistan, their essential work remains dangerous and devalued.
😷 Workers often have no gloves, masks or safety.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
Today is World Toilet Day, but for thousands of sanitation workers in Pakistan, their essential work remains dangerous and devalued.
😷 Workers often have no gloves, masks or safety.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🧤 Sanitation work can be life-saving, essential and dignified.
Today is World Toilet Day, but for thousands of sanitation workers in Pakistan, their essential work remains dangerous and devalued.
😷 Workers often have no gloves, masks or safety.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
Today is World Toilet Day, but for thousands of sanitation workers in Pakistan, their essential work remains dangerous and devalued.
😷 Workers often have no gloves, masks or safety.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
🧹 What’s in your cleaning kit?
For many sanitation workers in Pakistan, the answer is heartbreaking: just sticks and scraps, without any safety equipment.
🙌 As we mark World Toilet Day today, join us in demanding dignity, safety, and protection for sanitation workers.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
For many sanitation workers in Pakistan, the answer is heartbreaking: just sticks and scraps, without any safety equipment.
🙌 As we mark World Toilet Day today, join us in demanding dignity, safety, and protection for sanitation workers.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🧹 What’s in your cleaning kit?
For many sanitation workers in Pakistan, the answer is heartbreaking: just sticks and scraps, without any safety equipment.
🙌 As we mark World Toilet Day today, join us in demanding dignity, safety, and protection for sanitation workers.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
For many sanitation workers in Pakistan, the answer is heartbreaking: just sticks and scraps, without any safety equipment.
🙌 As we mark World Toilet Day today, join us in demanding dignity, safety, and protection for sanitation workers.
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
📢 Ahead of World Toilet Day tomorrow, we asked people in Pakistan about sanitation workers in their cities. Many of you told us that sanitation workers often work with little to no safety equipment and are exposed to dangerous working conditions — all to keep our cities clean. 🧹
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📢 Ahead of World Toilet Day tomorrow, we asked people in Pakistan about sanitation workers in their cities. Many of you told us that sanitation workers often work with little to no safety equipment and are exposed to dangerous working conditions — all to keep our cities clean. 🧹
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
#WorldToiletDay 🌍
PAKISTAN: The abduction of student activist Ghani Aman Chandio on 28 October from Memona Hospital in Karachi, allegedly by state forces, is deeply troubling.
The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is a blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity and due process 1/4
The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is a blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity and due process 1/4
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
PAKISTAN: The abduction of student activist Ghani Aman Chandio on 28 October from Memona Hospital in Karachi, allegedly by state forces, is deeply troubling.
The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is a blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity and due process 1/4
The abduction of a father visiting his hospitalized infant daughter is a blatant attack on his rights to liberty, dignity and due process 1/4
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The arbitrary manner in which these individuals, including peaceful Baloch activists, have been put on a terrorist watchlist without being given an opportunity to challenge the decision is an affront to due process and their rights to liberty, privacy and freedom of movement.
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Pakistan: Inclusion of Baloch activists on terrorist watchlist an affront to human rights
Responding to the arbitrary inclusion of 32 individuals, including Baloch activists, as “proscribed persons” under section 11-EE of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, which places severe limits and undue restrictions on their human rights, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The arbitrary manner in which these individuals, including peaceful Baloch […]
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October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The arbitrary manner in which these individuals, including peaceful Baloch activists, have been put on a terrorist watchlist without being given an opportunity to challenge the decision is an affront to due process and their rights to liberty, privacy and freedom of movement.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
Pakistan: The arbitrary manner in which these individuals, including peaceful Baloch activists, have been put on a terrorist watchlist is an affront to due process and their rights to liberty, privacy and freedom of movement.
Read more here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Pakistan: Inclusion of Baloch activists on terrorist watchlist an affront to human rights
Responding to the arbitrary inclusion of 32 individuals, including Baloch activists, as “proscribed persons” under section 11-EE of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, which places severe limits and undue r...
www.amnesty.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pakistan: The arbitrary manner in which these individuals, including peaceful Baloch activists, have been put on a terrorist watchlist is an affront to due process and their rights to liberty, privacy and freedom of movement.
Read more here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more here: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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#Bangladesch ist von der #Klimakrise besonders bedroht: Dürren, Zyklone, Überflutungen, extreme Hitze. Arme Menschen, die in der Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung arbeiten sind durch diese Phänomene direkt betroffen und zusätzlich auch durch Diskriminierung. Besonders Frauen leiden darunter.
Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh cannot build effective resilience to the increasing climate change impacts if it leaves the most neglected groups behind.
www.amnesty.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#Bangladesch ist von der #Klimakrise besonders bedroht: Dürren, Zyklone, Überflutungen, extreme Hitze. Arme Menschen, die in der Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung arbeiten sind durch diese Phänomene direkt betroffen und zusätzlich auch durch Diskriminierung. Besonders Frauen leiden darunter.
Reposted by Amnesty International South Asia
Bangladesh's authorities must urgently address their failure to uphold the rights of sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination.
Read our report 👇
Read our report 👇
Bangladesh: Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers
Bangladesh cannot build effective resilience to the increasing climate change impacts if it leaves the most neglected groups behind.
amn.st
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Bangladesh's authorities must urgently address their failure to uphold the rights of sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination.
Read our report 👇
Read our report 👇
🇧🇩 BANGLADESH: Authorities are failing to uphold the rights of dalit sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, which is only getting worse amid a global climate crisis.
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh cannot build effective resilience to the increasing climate change impacts if it leaves the most neglected groups behind.
www.amnesty.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🇧🇩 BANGLADESH: Authorities are failing to uphold the rights of dalit sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, which is only getting worse amid a global climate crisis.
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Read more in our new report👇
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Jegliche Verhandlungen mit den Taliban, um zwangsweise Rückführungen nach #Afghanistan zu ermöglichen, sind eine Schande angesichts der anhaltenden, weitverbreiteten, systematischen & schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die De-facto-Behörden der Taliban.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...
Abschiebungen: Dobrindt-Abgesandter trifft Taliban-Vertreter
Ein hochrangiger Vertreter des Bundesinnenministeriums war nach ARD-Informationen vergangenen Mittwoch in Kabul. Dort soll unter anderem über die Rückführung von Straftätern aus Deutschland gesprochen...
www.tagesschau.de
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Jegliche Verhandlungen mit den Taliban, um zwangsweise Rückführungen nach #Afghanistan zu ermöglichen, sind eine Schande angesichts der anhaltenden, weitverbreiteten, systematischen & schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die De-facto-Behörden der Taliban.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...
PAKISTAN: Responding to the ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir amid a communications blackout in the region:
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amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Pakistan: Authorities must protect the right to peaceful protest and lift communications blackout amid Jammu & Kashmir protests
Human rights organization calls on authorities to ensure that there are no further injuries or loss of life and to investigate deaths
amnesty.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
PAKISTAN: Responding to the ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir amid a communications blackout in the region:
amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
On this #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, remember: human rights don’t fade with age. Across Pakistan, older people keep working, often without pensions or social protection.
Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.
#IDOP2025
Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.
#IDOP2025
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
On this #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, remember: human rights don’t fade with age. Across Pakistan, older people keep working, often without pensions or social protection.
Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.
#IDOP2025
Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime.
#IDOP2025
🇳🇵 Nepal: As an interim govt led by former chief justice Sushila Karki takes charge after youth-led protests & deadly violence, authorities must uphold human rights obligations & address impunity, poor governance & corruption under the rule of law.
🔗Joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
🔗Joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
September 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🇳🇵 Nepal: As an interim govt led by former chief justice Sushila Karki takes charge after youth-led protests & deadly violence, authorities must uphold human rights obligations & address impunity, poor governance & corruption under the rule of law.
🔗Joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
🔗Joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
PAKISTAN: Feroz Baloch, a university student, was abducted on his way to his university library in Rawalpindi.
His family is from Balochistan province, but his father sent him to study in Punjab in hopes of a brighter future for his son.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His family is from Balochistan province, but his father sent him to study in Punjab in hopes of a brighter future for his son.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
September 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
PAKISTAN: Feroz Baloch, a university student, was abducted on his way to his university library in Rawalpindi.
His family is from Balochistan province, but his father sent him to study in Punjab in hopes of a brighter future for his son.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His family is from Balochistan province, but his father sent him to study in Punjab in hopes of a brighter future for his son.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Bilal Orakzai was forcibly disappeared while returning from a protest in Peshawar on 31 July 2025. His whereabouts are unknown since.
Bilal has previously been implicated in criminal cases targeting him for his peaceful activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Bilal has previously been implicated in criminal cases targeting him for his peaceful activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
September 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Bilal Orakzai was forcibly disappeared while returning from a protest in Peshawar on 31 July 2025. His whereabouts are unknown since.
Bilal has previously been implicated in criminal cases targeting him for his peaceful activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Bilal has previously been implicated in criminal cases targeting him for his peaceful activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: Cousins, Muhammad Asif and Rasheed Baloch, were abducted from a picnic with their friends exactly seven years ago from today, on 31 August 2018.
Their family still waits for their return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Their family still waits for their return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
PAKISTAN: Cousins, Muhammad Asif and Rasheed Baloch, were abducted from a picnic with their friends exactly seven years ago from today, on 31 August 2018.
Their family still waits for their return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Their family still waits for their return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: This month, on 12 August 2025, Sarwech Sargani was abducted from his home in Karachi. Sarwech and his mother were assaulted by his abductors.
His mother believes Sarwech was a target of enforced disappearance because of her activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His mother believes Sarwech was a target of enforced disappearance because of her activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
PAKISTAN: This month, on 12 August 2025, Sarwech Sargani was abducted from his home in Karachi. Sarwech and his mother were assaulted by his abductors.
His mother believes Sarwech was a target of enforced disappearance because of her activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His mother believes Sarwech was a target of enforced disappearance because of her activism.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: In 2018, Muhammad Ibrar was 17 years old. He would turn 18 in December that year. It was also the year he was abducted from his home.
His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
PAKISTAN: In 2018, Muhammad Ibrar was 17 years old. He would turn 18 in December that year. It was also the year he was abducted from his home.
His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: University professor and father of two girls, Muhammad Awais, was forcibly disappeared from his home in 2016.
His daughters are now 10 and 13.
They are waiting for their father to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His daughters are now 10 and 13.
They are waiting for their father to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
PAKISTAN: University professor and father of two girls, Muhammad Awais, was forcibly disappeared from his home in 2016.
His daughters are now 10 and 13.
They are waiting for their father to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
His daughters are now 10 and 13.
They are waiting for their father to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: Today on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, thousands of families await the return of their loved ones.
🔗 Read our joint statement here with seven other civil society organizations: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
🔗 Read our joint statement here with seven other civil society organizations: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
PAKISTAN: Today on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, thousands of families await the return of their loved ones.
🔗 Read our joint statement here with seven other civil society organizations: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
🔗 Read our joint statement here with seven other civil society organizations: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Sadiq Amin, a 30-year-old construction worker, was forcibly disappeared from his home in March 2021.
Seven years ago from that day, in 2014, his brother, Zahid Amin, was similarly abducted.
Their family are waiting for them to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Seven years ago from that day, in 2014, his brother, Zahid Amin, was similarly abducted.
Their family are waiting for them to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sadiq Amin, a 30-year-old construction worker, was forcibly disappeared from his home in March 2021.
Seven years ago from that day, in 2014, his brother, Zahid Amin, was similarly abducted.
Their family are waiting for them to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
Seven years ago from that day, in 2014, his brother, Zahid Amin, was similarly abducted.
Their family are waiting for them to return.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: Amnesty International, and seven other civil society organizations, calls on the Pakistan government to stop enforced disappearances and provide justice to victims and families of the disappeared.
🔗 Read the joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
🔗 Read the joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: Failure to address enforced disappearance perpetuates injustice against victims - Amnesty International
On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, eight human rights and civil society organizations highlight the systematic failure of the Pakistani authorities to stop enforced disapp...
www.amnesty.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
PAKISTAN: Amnesty International, and seven other civil society organizations, calls on the Pakistan government to stop enforced disappearances and provide justice to victims and families of the disappeared.
🔗 Read the joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
🔗 Read the joint statement: www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
PAKISTAN: Zahid Amin was abducted from his home in 2014. He was newly married and 19 at the time.
👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They should disclose Zahid’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They should disclose Zahid’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
August 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
PAKISTAN: Zahid Amin was abducted from his home in 2014. He was newly married and 19 at the time.
👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They should disclose Zahid’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances
👉 Pakistani authorities must put an end to enforced disappearances. They should disclose Zahid’s whereabouts and of all those forcibly disappeared.
#EndEnforcedDisappearances