Human Rights in the World
Three Afghan journalists detained following coverage of anti-Taliban protests Taliban authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalists Faisal Modaris, Idris Rahimi, and Milad Azizi, and cease detaining members of the press for their work, the...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up France24 (07.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3q9yzHg – The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
AFGHANISTAN: Girls’ despair as Taliban confirm secondary school ban By Hugo Williams and Ali Hamedani BBC World Service (08.12.2021) – https://bbc.in/3eqmtCW – Teenage schoolgirls in Afghanistan have told the BBC of their growing...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
What is the Taliban’s religious ideology? Despite the Taliban’s military victory, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to impose their extremely conservative religious view of society on the Afghan people in the long run. DW(02.11.2021) –...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Misogynistic policies & Men-only meetings: How have women coped under the Taliban? After the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, press conferences were convened in which Talib spokespersons assured the international community that women’s rights would be...