Human Rights Watch says the Taliban detained 6 staff of a women’s and children’s rights group
HRW said the detainees include six women’s-rights workers and two UN staffers, and called for their release after no charges were disclosed.
- Taliban authorities detained six staff members from the Children Legal Research Foundation on July 18, following a separate report that two Afghan employees of the United Nations mission were held in Herat.
- Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban has excluded women and girls from secondary and higher education, employment, and public life sectors, intensifying restrictions on civil society advocacy.
- The six rights workers were summoned to retrieve confiscated laptops and phones before detention, while the two United Nations staff were taken Sunday in Herat by the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.
- UNAMA called on the Taliban "to ensure compliance with the privileges and immunities of the United Nations and its officials," said U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, noting the mission has not been allowed to visit the detainees.
- The detentions occur as the Taliban prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of its return to power on Saturday, amid a worsening humanitarian crisis and cross-border clashes with Pakistan.
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HRW Calls for Release of 8 UN and Aid Workers Detained in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the release of eight employees of the United Nations and a nongovernmental organization who it says have been detained or forcibly disappeared in Afghanistan. The rights group said six male employees of the Women and Children Research and Legal Protection Network, a nongovernmental organization involved in humanitarian assistance and supporting the rights of women and children, were forcibly disap…
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Taliban accused of detaining six women’s rights workers
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “forcibly disappeared” six staff members of a local organization working on women’s and children’s rights, a US-based advocacy group said, following a separate UN report that two Afghan employees of its mission in the country were detained. The reported detentions come as Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of their return to power on Saturday, August 15. The six men — employe…
Human Rights Watch Urges Release of Detained UN and NGO Workers in Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch demands the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers following recent Taliban detentions in Afghanistan. The disappearances involve staff from the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation and UNAMA, raising concerns over the impact on aid distribution and human rights monitoring.
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