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Category Archives: Human Rights

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Church and College Leaders Work to Free a Detained Afghan Student

16th November, 2025 · admin

NYT: The circumstances of Mr. Faqirzada’s detainment by immigration officials have become increasingly common as President Trump uses more aggressive tactics to expel immigrants, including those like Mr. Faqirzada who have followed legal procedures to gain citizenship. While some immigration cases have been thrust into the limelight, tens of thousands of migrants have wound up

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Posted in Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Asylum, deportations |
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Taliban Bars Women Without A Burqa From Entering Hospitals In Afghanistan

11th November, 2025 · admin

By Firuza Azizi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 11, 2025 The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard-line Islamist group targeting women. The new dress restriction came into force on November 5 in the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Pakistan: Lives of exiled Afghans crushed in Taliban row

7th November, 2025 · admin

DW: Many thousands of Afghans are being forced to give up their lives and livelihoods in Pakistan and move to a country that feels more foreign than the one they are leaving behind. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban |
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Taliban Bar Women Without Burqas From Entering Herat Hospital, Say Sources

6th November, 2025 · admin

Afghanistan International: Taliban forces barred women including female doctors from entering Herat Regional Hospital on Wednesday. The ban order was issued because they were not wearing the Taliban-mandated blue burqa, local sources told Afghanistan International. Witnesses said several women were beaten. Click here to read more (external link). More Taliban Restrictions: Cancer Patient Denied Entry

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Human Rights | Tags: Burqa, Herat, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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The Right to Divorce and the Taliban’s Insulting Response: Women Systematically Face Discrimination

5th November, 2025 · admin

8am: The Taliban, in addition to imposing extensive restrictions on women in Afghanistan, have also deprived them of the right to divorce. Several women who have approached the group’s courts seeking divorce due to domestic violence or dissatisfaction with their husbands report that not only were their requests rejected, but they were also labeled as

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: Divorce in Afghanistan, Domestic Violence, Life under Taliban rule |
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Turkey Detains Nine Afghan Migrants in Sakarya as Deportations Rise

28th October, 2025 · admin

Khaama: Turkey detained nine Afghan migrants and three suspected smugglers in Sakarya, part of a wider crackdown that has seen over 30,000 Afghans arrested this year. Turkish police detained nine Afghan migrants in the city of Sakarya on Tuesday, saying they had entered the country illegally, according to local reports. Reports of Afghan migrants being

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Posted in Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, Turkey-Afghanistan Relations |
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Mass deportations continue as Pakistan expels over 7,000 migrants in one day

28th October, 2025 · admin

Amu: Pakistani authorities deported 7,324 Afghan migrants on Monday, Oct. 27, according to the Taliban-run Commission for Refugees, in what marks one of the highest single-day mass expulsions of Afghans in recent weeks. The deportees were returned through the Spin Boldak and Bahramcha border crossings, with both forced and voluntary returns reported. The expulsions come

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Posted in Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: deportations |
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Female Teachers Say Taliban Education Officials Harass and Threaten Them Under the Pretext of “Lawful Marriage”

25th October, 2025 · admin

8am: Forced marriages and child marriages under the Taliban regime have increased at an unprecedented rate and have become one of the most serious human rights crises. According to sources, the Taliban not only fail to address these cases, but they are themselves a fundamental part of this problem. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Forced marriage by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban crush media freedom in Afghanistan, HRW reports

23rd October, 2025 · admin

Amu: Taliban have effectively dismantled media freedom in Afghanistan since seizing power in August 2021, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday, citing systematic surveillance, censorship, arbitrary detentions and torture of journalists, with women in the media bearing the brunt of the crackdown. The 2025 report, based on dozens of interviews with journalists

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Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, Media | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Police State, Taliban war on press |
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Afghan allies sue Trump administration over travel ban blocking family reunification

23rd October, 2025 · admin

Ariana: Seven Afghan nationals who were granted asylum in the United States have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s application of its renewed “travel ban,” which has prevented their families from joining them in the country despite prior approval from immigration authorities. The case, filed on October 21 in the U.S. District Court

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Posted in Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: US betrayal of Afghans |
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