Collage of Afghanistan (26)
FAYEZA FAYEZ
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Roya Heshmati was flogged by the Iranian regime for not covering her hair in public.
She was punished with 74 lashes for the crime.
After the lashes she was still refusing to wear hijab.
The barbaric treatment of women in Afghanistan and Iran must stop.
Roya quietly chanted, “In the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn, our black night will dawn, and all the whips will be axed…” as the whipping was carried out.
She added that she removed the headscarf as soon as she left the room.
TWO
Pakistani authorities have committed widespread abuses against Afghans living in Pakistan to compel their return to Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said .
Police and other officials have carried out mass detentions, seized property and livestock, and destroyed identity documents to expel thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers. Since mid-September 2023, Pakistani authorities have forced out more than 375,000 Afghans to Afghanistan, deporting 20,000 of them.
“Pakistani officials have created a coercive environment for Afghans to force them to return to life-threatening conditions in Afghanistan,” said Elaine Pearson, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities should immediately end the abuses and give Afghans facing expulsion the opportunity to seek protection in Pakistan.”
Among those being deported or coerced to leave are Afghans who were born in Pakistan and never lived in Afghanistan, and Afghans who would be at risk of persecution in Afghanistan, including women and girls, human rights defenders, journalists, and former government employees who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
The mistreatment is part of a campaign to compel Afghans to leave the country, human rights activists and journalists reported. It includes night raids during which police have beaten, threatened and detained Afghans. The United Nations and International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 92 percent of Afghans leaving Pakistan said that they feared detention by Pakistani authorities.
Police have also demanded bribes and confiscated jewelry, livestock, and other property, and bulldozed homes. Afghan women told Human Rights Watch that Pakistani police had sometimes sexually harassed some Afghan women and girls and threatened them with sexual assault.
Pakistani officials have blamed Afghans for a recent uptick in attacks by militant groups, linking these to “illegal migrants.” (hrw.org/news/2023)
Imagine the thousands of girls in these trucks will not go to school in #Afghanistan, & will be forced to marry.
THREE
Maulvi Fazl Manullah, a Taliban member and cleric in Aqbalagh village, Kolfgan district, Takhar province, has repeatedly raped a girl whose father was a soldier of the previous government and was killed in the war with the Taliban .
Sources said the girl who was sexually assaulted & raped is about 10-11 years old.
FOUR
Zahra Mohammadi, a girl who actively participated in protests against taliban in Kunduz province of afghanistan took her own life after being released from Taliban custody.
She had experienced imprisonment by the Taliban and faced severe restrictions imposed by her family following her release from the Taliban’s prison. This incident underscores the urgent need to address the plight of Afghan women.
FIVE
Soheila and Hashem, a couple who tragically lost their home and 65 family members in the severe earthquake in Herat, Afghanistan, recently married amidst the rubble.
Soheila and Hashem, a couple who tragically lost their home and 65 family members in the severe earthquake in Herat, Afghanistan, recently married amidst the rubble. The wedding room was adorned with flowers salvaged from the destruction.
The earthquake claimed over 2,000 homes and 2,445 lives, primarily women and children. ‘Afghanistan is a cursed land,’ laments Hashem. Devastated and homeless, this resilient couple faces an uncertain future with no possessions to their name.
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If these Afghan women are forced out of Pakistan, they say Taliban horrors await them at home
“I want to request to the Pakistan government, please don’t send us back, we worked to promote women’s empowerment and now our life is in danger.”
SEVEN
“His colleagues were attending to a hospitalized, whose mother said her daughter’s mental health deteriorated after the girl’s 80 yrs old fiancé prohibited her from going to school. When she decided instead to teach at a madrassa her fiancé banned that too.”
EIGHT
Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban Minister of Vice and Virtue, banned women from visiting parks and said that tourism is not obligatory for women.
This comes shortly after he was sanctioned by the U.S. for violating women’s rights.
NINE
The Taliban stoned a young teacher & her fiancee , Friday, July 28 & in the day of Ashura, after the Friday prayer.
This shocking & brutal act will be carried out by the Taliban in the Pul-e-Khumri of Baghlan province.
TEN
Last night, the Taliban intelligence raided the house of one of Khurshid’ television employees Hasna Sadat.
She committed suicide by throwing herself from the top of her house, fearing the terror of the Taliban.
Taliban’s thinking is mixed with violence and against women.
ELEVEN
The Taliban have shutdown FERDAWSI private Health Sciences Institute in Herat province of Afghanistan, where only girls were studying
800 + days ago, the Taliban BANNED girls from school.
Taliban, after taking control of Afghanistan, have imposed widespread restrictions on women’s rights in the country, depriving them of fundamental rights such as the right to education and work.
When will this nightmare end?
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This is the logic and ideology of the extremist Taliban!
In the video, a Taliban member is seen breaking television, asserting that watching TV is a grave sin and haram in Islam, deeming it a conspiratorial device from the West that should be destroyed.
THIRTEEN
In the past three days, girls and women in Kabul have been arrested for not wearing the Taliban-required hijab. The majority of those arrested are teenagers and students. Day by day, the Taliban are revealing their true nature, becoming increasingly oppressive and draconian.
It is a heartbreaking reality that women in Afghanistan are facing the worst form of oppression in their history, with their freedoms being stripped away. This isn’t just policy; it’s a cruel display of power.
FOURTEEN
Closing the gates of girls’ schools forces them into forced marriages;
Under the rule of the Taliban group, forced marriage of girls under 18 years of age Increased, who are forced to marry at the ages of 10, 11, 12, and 13.
This is a crime against humanity. Afghanistan’s women have become victims of forced marriage & sexual enslavement under Taliban gender apartheid regime.
FIFTEEN
Multiple reports indicate that 15-year-old Hidayatullah, a student at a Taliban Jihadist school in the Pashtunkot district of Faryab province, was tragically shot in the presence of his family.
This incident occurred after he refused a sexual request from a Taliban commander. In recent years, there have been numerous reports of sexual abuse and exploitation within Taliban schools, sadly continuing a distressing trend where many children and adolescents become victims.
SIXTEEN
Ernst Kuipers Why, as a Minister of Health Netherland , would you have your picture taken with a Talib terrorist? What message do you want to convey to the world, This is ridiculous and shameful.
SEVENTEEN
Girls education ban in Afghanistan!
EIGHTEEN
Qari basir one of the Taliban member in the Kunduz province of Afghanistan has married two sisters to his brother in one night.
According to sources, Qari Basir’s brother, who had recently returned to the country from abroad, had married his fiancée, but on the first night of the wedding, he divorced his wife, citing “not having virginity” as an excuse.
after this incident, around 2:00 AM on that night, Qari Basir forcibly entered his brother’s father in law house with a weapon and married the second daughter of that family to his brother.
NINTEEN
Gathering for females at the University of Kabul, this is exemplifies the backward policies of the Taliban.
Nowhere in any Islamic or Muslim-majority country globally is such attire mandated for women.
The Taliban’s policies on women’s dress and education are a stark contrast to the values of equality , justice and human rights.
TWENTY
BREAKING – The Taliban have shutdown educational centres in Herat province of Afghanistan, where girls were studying English and computer courses.
793 days ago, the Taliban BANNED girls from school.
This reprehensible betrayal denies millions of Afghan girls their fundamental human right to receive an education, casting a dark shadow over their future prospects.
How can the world still stay silent?
TWENTY-ONE
Give me a good reason why women shouldn’t fear this.
TWENTY-TWO
“Afghan women under Taliban rule!
The Taliban deprived women of the right to work, education, equality, freedom, and life to sustain their single-gender, cruel political regime. Instead of a pen, they handed Afghan women a shovel. I hope that one day we use these shovel to dig your graves!”
TWENTY-THREE
Akmal Amiri, a renowned commander of the anti-Taliban (National Resistance) front who bravely served on the harshest frontlines against terrorism, was tragically killed today along with eight fellow freedom fighters in Panjshir.
He played a crucial role in the resistance as a key member and commander of the @NRF, leading multiple operations against the Taliban following the fall of Afghanistan.
painful 💔
TWENTY – FOUR
Allowing a propaganda campaign for the Taliban in Europe is puzzling. How did a senior Taliban member get a Schengen visa to travel there? How do Germany government welcome these guests? They are #Taliban, who suicide-bombed the #German embassy in #Kabul, killed soldiers of 🇩🇪, and banned learning, working, and any kind of activity for #women in social affairs. Yesterday, they had a gathering in Cologne, Germany.
TWENTY – FIVE
Another victim of the mandatory hijab in Iran.
Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old female who fell victim to an incident of violence by the morality police due to her non-compliance with the Islamic hijab attire, tragically passed away earlier today at Tehran’s Fajr Hospital after spending 28 days in coma.
TWENTY – SIX
A nine-year-old girl has sexual capability and consistent; her sentence is like an adult sentence.”* From the book “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan”, written by Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the Taliban Chief Justice
This is why they’ve banned education to girls over the age of 12 (in some provinces, 10). The Taliban plans to make it legal for 9-year-old girls to marry.
At 9, a girl is not developed enough for sexual intercourse. She isn’t mentally or emotionally ready for marriage either.
07-01-2024
[Fayeza Fayez is a doctor, women’s rights and social activist from Afghanistan. She holds an MD degree. Throughout her career, besides completing her MD degree, she has been committed to advocating for women’s rights through social activism, and to implementing women’s rights. However, due to the events in 2021, Fayeza was forced to leave Afghanistan and is currently in exile, being active on social media as a freelance journalist covering Afghanistan. Despite these challenges, Fayeza remains committed to using her platform for bringing positive changes and making a difference in the world.]
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