As part of its project “Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism: Capacity-building Support to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Services in Iraq”, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), ...

In Afghanistan, support for terrorism and blatant human rights violations are at their peak under the Taliban regime.

Geneva: UN human rights experts expressed serious concern over the excessive and harmful impacts of Pakistan's counter-terrorism measures in Balochistan and called for full respect for international ...

(Bangkok) – The Sri Lanka government’s proposed counterterrorism legislation includes numerous provisions similar to the current abusive law and risks facilitating the same kind of repression, Human ...

Amnesty International urged the government of the Philippines on Wednesday to cease using the country’s anti-terrorism laws against development workers and human rights activists, and to halt its ...

Emirati authorities have designated as “terrorist” 11 dissidents and their relatives and 8 companies, reflecting the country’s indiscriminate use of overbroad counterterrorism laws and contempt for ...

Terrorist attacks, whether by individuals or groups, are usually followed by attempts to explain the rationale and causes behind them. The core reasons, ...

India, June 8 -- Political activists and human rights organisations have condemned the recently passed Balochistan Counter-Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2025, fearing that the law grants sweeping powers ...

The Joint Plan of Action for Central Asia was adopted at a high-level meeting held on 30 November 2011 by the States of Central Asia. An updated version of the JPoA was adopted on 3 March 2022. It is ...