Taliban arrest LGBTQs – one a teenager – amid fears they'll be 'tortured' to reveal others and executed

Two LGBTQ+ women in 'grave danger' after being arrested by Taliban

Two LGBTQ+ women are said to be in “grave danger” after they were arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Maryam Ravish, 19, and Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, reportedly had plans to leave Kabul on a Mahan Airlines flight to Iran, with Maryam’s girlfriend Parwen Hussaini.  The bookings had been arranged with the help of Roshaniya, an Afghan LGBTQ+ network. But before they had the chance to escape, Ravish and Pieescu were arrested by Taliban authorit…

Taliban arrest LGBTQs – one a teenager – amid fears they'll be 'tortured' to reveal others and executed

"It is possible they'll be placed in solitary confinement and stoned to death" says the partner of one of the detained The post Taliban arrest LGBTQs – one a teenager – amid fears they’ll be ‘tortured’ to reveal others and executed appeared first on Attitude.

Concerns grow for two LGBTQIA activists arrested by Taliban

Maryam Ravish and Maeve Alcina Pieescu were imprisoned after trying to escape Kabul

Taliban “arrest and torture” LGBTQ+ activists

Peter Tatchell Foundation has said the lives of two leading underground Afghan LGBTQ+ activists are in “grave danger” after they were arrested by the Taliban. Maryam Ravish, a lesbian, and Abdul Ghafoor Sabery, a trans woman who goes by her chosen name Maeve Alcina Pieescu, were set to escape Kabul on a Mahan Airlines flight to […]

Taliban arrest & torture LGBT+ activists

Fear they’ll be forced to name others & be stoned to death   31 March 2025 Kabul Afghanistan – The Taliban have arrested and imprisoned two leading underground Afghan LGBT+ activists—Maryam Ravish, a lesbian, and Abdul Ghafoor Sabery, a trans woman who goes by her chosen name Maeve Alcina Pieescu. Their lives are in grave danger. Mariam, 19, and Maeve, 23, were set to escape Kabul on a Mahan Airlines flight to Iran with Mariam’s same-gender part…