Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Woman dies by suicide in Afghanistan before Taliban could stone her for running away from home The Print (16.10.2022) – https://bit.ly/3T4UueR – A woman in Afghanistan’s Ghor province died by suicide before Taliban forces could kill her for running away...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Afghan women leaders conference held in Istanbul However, the Islamic Emirate said that the rights of women and girls are respected within the framework of Islamic laws in the country By Waheeda Hasan Tolo News (27.08.2022) – https://bit.ly/3B8QG5H – They...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Taliban impose ‘harsh’ limits on Afghans’ religious freedom -U.S. panel By Jonathan Landay Reuters (23.08.2022) – https://reut.rs/3TemvRC – Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have “drastically deteriorated” since...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Hazaras: persecution denounced in the Italian Parliament The Shiite minority is discriminated both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is time for governments that send humanitarian help to ask that it reaches the Hazaras as well. By Marco Respinti Bitter Winter...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban order Afghan women to wear burqa in public The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their previous stint in power between 1996 and 2001, which was marked by human rights abuses. Times Now...