Evidence Mounts Of Missing Women Activists In Afghanistan

 

Afghanistan - Missing Women Activists

Women who participated in protests demanding women’s rights in Afghanistan are gone missing.

Deborah Lyons, the top United Nations ambassador in Afghanistan, met with the Taliban leadership on February 8 and expressed concerns over women's safety.

The UN has raised alarm about a pattern of reprisals against activists, journalists, former government officials and security forces in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over Kabul in August. The UN also asked for information from the Taliban on this matter.

Lyons also raised concern over missing Afghan women activists. Lyons said that Afghan women activists disappeared from their homes and the streets of Kabul in recent weeks. However, the Taliban denied that they were holding them hostage.

The BBC also investigated multiple incidents that have taken place recently in Afghanistan. Women activists, who were active in raising concerns about human rights issues, have gone missing in recent weeks.

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also issued a statement on Tuesday expressing concern for the safety of four women who disappeared after participating in a women’s rights protests in the country.

Recently, the UN also released a report on this issue. The report claimed that on 19 January, Parwana Ibrahim Khil and her brother-in-law were abducted while travelling in Kabul. Tamana Paryani and her three sisters were also taken from a house in the city. Reportedly, they had taken part in peaceful demonstrations calling for the rights of women in Afghanistan.

On February 7, Germany also expressed concerns about the recent disappearance of female Afghan activists. Earlier, the United Kingdom and other western countries also raised concerns on this matter.

Tomas Niklasson, the Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, also slammed the Taliban for violation of human rights. Due to international pressure on Afghanistan's interim government, the Taliban released 14 female captives last week in Kabul.

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