8am: Many Uzbek citizens in Afghanistan argue that the Taliban’s ethnic biases have excluded them from political power, denying them a meaningful role in national decision-making. They criticize the Taliban’s mono-ethnic regime, which they claim has failed to provide any significant benefits to Uzbeks over the past three years. Instead, they say, the Taliban have
Reuters: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Friday that gender and nationality alone were sufficient for a country to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban have sharply curtailed women’s rights. Authorities in Austria refused refugee status to two Afghan women after they applied for asylum in 2015 and 2020.
FRANCE 24 spoke to Marzieh Hamidi, a former taekwondo champion for Afghanistan who has been a refugee in France since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. In late August of this year, she posted a video on social media denouncing “gender apartheid” in her home country. Since early September, when she began receiving death
The Conversation: Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls. But a newly passed “vice and virtue” law goes further. It is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Islamist fundamentalist group.
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi / Kian Sharifi September 30, 2024 Every day, hundreds of Afghans, some holding their children, are deported from neighboring Iran. Many of them crossed into Iran illegally to escape the brutal rule of the Taliban and the devastating humanitarian and economic crises gripping Afghanistan. In the Afghan border town of Islam Qala,
8am: Over the past three years, Taliban courts have consistently ruled in favor of the Kuchis in civil cases involving native Persian-speaking residents. In most instances, these courts not only transferred agricultural lands, homes, and properties but also ordered native Persian-speaking residents to pay millions of Afghanis in fines to the Kuchis. Click here to
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has erased women from Afghanistan’s self-portrait, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Wong said that “effectively imprisoning half their society’s population immediately halves their country’s potential.” “Any country that wants to develop fully must encourage the full
Afghanistan International: More than 20 countries supported the decision of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands to prosecute the Taliban at the International Court of Justice. These countries announced that they condemn human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially gender discrimination against women and girls by the Taliban. The countries said that they do not politically
Khaama: According to the Taliban, up to 3,000 people, including those born in Iran, return to Afghanistan daily, many suffering from physical abuse and mental trauma. Every day, waves of Afghan refugees return from Iran at the Afghanistan-Iran border. Reports from refugee organizations and statements from Taliban officials indicate a growing number of deportations of
The Guardian (UK): The American actor Meryl Streep has said that “a squirrel has more rights” than an Afghan girl under the current Taliban regime. Streep, who attended an event on the situation facing women and girls in Afghanistan as part of the UN general assembly in New York, called the Taliban’s draconian restrictions on