Media Advisory 28 March 2001 AI Index ASA 11/007/2001 – News Service Nr. 56 Afghanistan: Massacre in Yakaolang Amnesty International today issued a report on January’s massacre of over 300 unarmed men and a number of civilian women and children by Taleban forces in Yakaolang, in Bamiyan province. According to eyewitness accounts, Taleban forces began [...]
March 28th, 2001 | Posted in Children Rights,Discrimination,Force Displacement,Genocide,Hazara People,Hazaristan,Human Rights,Political Rights,Refugees & Asylum Seekers,Social Rights,War Crimes,Women Rights | Read More »
Amnesty International has now obtained detailed information which corroborates earlier reports of the massacre of civilians in Yakaolang in the central province of Bamiyan. According to eyewitness reports, Taleban forces began to arrest people and summarily execute them when they recaptured Yakaolang on 7 January this year. They had lost Yakaolang to Hezb-e Wahdat – [...]
March 1st, 2001 | Posted in Afghanistan,Children Rights,Discrimination,Force Displacement,Genocide,Hazara People,Hazaristan,Human Rights,Political Rights,Refugees & Asylum Seekers,Social Rights,Women Rights | Read More »
