Women in Afghanistan have expressed distress after the Taliban began enforcing its so-called dress code regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, with reports that women and girls were being arbitrarily detained.
This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was in January 2019 during the armed conflict between the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and United States and other allies, and the Taliban. Two and a half years later, US forces withdrew, the government collapsed, and the Taliban returned to power.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) this week released nine journalists who had been in custody following a spate of arrests targeting media workers employed by different outlets. While welcoming the move to release the nine journalists, media watchdogs have called for all journalists still in custody to be released immediately. The International Federation of
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Kabul, Aug 17 (EFE).- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Thursday that the Taliban government has taken into custody several Afghan journalists across six provinces of the country over the past ten days. “In the last 10 days, the de facto authorities have detained media workers in six provinces across Afghanistan,” …