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Category Archives: Human Rights

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Support Grows As Hunger Strike By Afghan Activists In Germany Enters Second Week

11th September, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 11, 2023 A hunger strike by a group of Afghan rights activists to protest the anti-female policies of the ruling Taliban has entered its second week as they seek international recognition of the militants’ policies as “gender apartheid.” The protest that began on September 1 in the German city of Cologne

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Hunger Strike, Taliban war on women |
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‘Their Freedoms Have Been Taken Away’: Afghanistan Sees Surge In Female Suicides Under Taliban Rule

10th September, 2023 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 10, 2023 Ahmad Hanayish Abubakar Siddique Shabana had a bright future ahead of her. She was studying to become a doctor and preparing to get married. But the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 turned her life upside down. The militant group’s ban on women attending university forced her to

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Mental Health, Suicide, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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Rights Group Claims Taliban Committing Gender Persecution Against Afghan Women, Girls

8th September, 2023 · admin

VOA News September 8, 2023 Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday it “has concluded” that Afghanistan’s Taliban is committing the crime against humanity of gender persecution against Afghanistan’s women and girls. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, it has been widely reported that the group has sought to deny women and

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Continued Arbitrary Arrests: Taliban Detain Two Students in Front of a School Gate in Kabul

6th September, 2023 · admin

8am: Sources on Wednesday, September 6, spoke with Hasht-e Subh and revealed that these two students are named Mohammad Anwar and Naser. The Taliban detained them four days ago in front of the gate of “Khalilullah Khalili” School in the eleventh district of Kabul and transferred them to the custody of the group’s Intelligence Unit

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Detain and torture by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghan Women On Hunger Strike In Germany To Protest Taliban’s ‘Gender Apartheid’

4th September, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 4, 2023 A group of Afghan women’s rights activists have launched a hunger strike in Germany to protest against the policies of the ruling Taliban that limit the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. The hunger strikers, who have set up camp in the German city of Cologne, want the Taliban’s

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Hunger Strike, Taliban war on women |
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Taliban Destroy Afghanistan and Treating Girls Worse than “Burying them Alive”, Says Ex-Iranian MP

3rd September, 2023 · admin

Aamaj: This former member of Iran’s parliament wrote today on his “X” page that the Taliban “destroyed” Afghanistan. “Taliban treats girls worse than in the pre-Islamic period. They shut down universities and the Persian language, and now they are insulting Shiites like this. What weakness do we have?”, he added. According to him, what else

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on shiites, Taliban war on women, War on Farsi language |
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Citizens Concerned: The Taliban Have Installed Thousands of Hidden Cameras, Sparking Privacy and Espionage Worries

2nd September, 2023 · admin

8am: A former military official, who wishes to remain anonymous, has stated that the Taliban are intent on espionage and inspecting people’s beliefs. According to him, the Taliban are taking this action to exert greater control over the population and to prevent gatherings and citizen assemblies. This former military official further asserts that the Taliban

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Posted in Everyday Life, Human Rights, Security, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Police State |
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Anger Rises As Females Find Local Park In Kabul Closed To Them

1st September, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 1, 2023 Women in the Afghan capital, Kabul, are furious after being turned away at a women-only section of a park that Taliban militants now say is closed as part of a nationwide ban keeping them out of one of the few remaining spaces where they say they could feel

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Posted in Afghan Women, Everyday Life, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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‘Illogical And Inhumane’: Taliban’s Ban On Women Entering National Park Sparks Widespread Anger

31st August, 2023 · admin

Khujasta Kabiri Mursalin Arsala August 31, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Thousands of families flock every year to the crystal-blue lakes and soaring cliffs in Band-e Amir, one of the most popular national parks in Afghanistan. Among them was the family of Zahra Qumbri, a young woman who lives in the central province of Bamiyan,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Bamiyan, Band-e Amir, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Detention, Torture, Murder: Life Under The Taliban For LGBT People

30th August, 2023 · admin

LGBT activists say the return of the Taliban to power in 2021 in Afghanistan has resulted in discrimination, torture, and even murder. One gay man told RFE/RL that he had to quit school to protect his identity while another said he and his boyfriend were tortured by the Taliban.

Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: LGBTQ in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule |
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