Afghanistan: Women human rights defenders arrested by the Taliban must be immediately released

By Amnesty International

Responding to the arrests of at least three prominent women human rights defenders Zarifa Yaqoobi, Farhat Popalzai and Humaira Yusuf and their colleagues by the Taliban in the last ten days, Samira Hamidi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, said: “The recent wave of arrests of women human rights defenders in Afghanistan is yet another attempt […] The post Afghanistan: Women human rights defenders arrested by the Taliban must be immediately released appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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