Isabelle Lassee
United KingdomdirectorFemale8.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Isabelle Lassee is the deputy regional director for South Asia at Amnesty International, where she has been an outspoken critic of the Pakistani government's treatment of Afghan refugees. Recently, she condemned the mass deportations of Afghan nationals, emphasizing that the Pakistani authorities are violating the rights of refugees by subjecting them to arbitrary and opaque decisions, ultimately endangering their lives as they face persecution from the Taliban.
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Isabelle Lassée, Amnesty International’s action regional director for south Asia, commented on the unlawful violence against protesters.
Pakistan accused of firing on unarmed protesters in Kashmir leaving 30 dead | KashmirUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-28
Isabelle Lassée is quoted in the Amnesty statement regarding the protection of civilians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Amnesty calls out authorities for failing to protect KP civilians from ‘repeated quadcopter attacks’ - Pakistan
Pakistan· 2025-06-24Isabelle Lassée, deputy regional director for South Asia at Amnesty International, spoke out against the violations of Afghan refugees' rights.
Afghan women activists in Pakistan fear deportation as country cracks down on refugees
Canada· 2025-04-22
Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty’s deputy regional director for south Asia, condemned the Pakistani authorities for violating the rights of Afghan refugees.
‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan | PakistanUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-30