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Human Rights Watch says the Taliban detained 6 staff of a women’s and children’s rights group
Human Rights Watch said the detainees were taken without charges after office raids and staff interrogations, while the U.N. sought access to two missing Afghan employees.
- Taliban authorities detained six staff members from the Children Legal Research Foundation in Kabul, following a separate report that two Afghan employees of the United Nations mission were held in Herat.
- The Taliban seems to consider any effort to assist women and girls "a threat to their abusive rule," said Macarena, women's rights director at Human Rights Watch. Since taking power, the group has excluded women from public life.
- On July 18, the six rights group employees were detained after being summoned to retrieve confiscated items; separately, two United Nations staff members were taken Sunday in Herat by the General Directorate of Intelligence.
- UNAMA has requested information on the detainees' whereabouts and 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.
- These detentions occur as a humanitarian crisis worsens in the Asian nation amid cross-border clashes with Pakistan, while the Taliban prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of their return to power on Saturday.
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Human Rights Watch says the Taliban detained 6 staff of a women’s and children’s rights group
Human Rights Watch says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members from a local organization focused on women's and children's rights.
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Human Rights Watch says six employees of the NGO Women and Children’s Rights Research Foundation have been forcibly disappeared by the Taliban for a month. The organization said in a statement today (Thursday, August 12) that the Taliban have not yet provided any information about the whereabouts of the six, who were arrested in Kabul on July 18. Human Rights Watch said Taliban authorities should allow family members and lawyers to visit them an…
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