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Afghanistan: Taliban continues its persecution of women’s rights activists, journalists and artists
- Published at
- 07.02.2024
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- religious groups
- harassment
- HRD detained
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
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Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests
- Published at
- 25.10.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- women
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Afghanistan: Nearly two years on from the Taliban takeover, persecution of civil society, journalists and critics continues
- Published at
- 27.07.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
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Afghanistan: Activists, academics and journalists continue to be targeted as UN talks sideline women’s voices
- Published at
- 25.05.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Civic space takes further hit from Taliban's deplorable NGO ban for women as activists and journalists continued to be targeted
- Published at
- 22.02.2023
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Protests escalate in Afghanistan as frustration with Taliban rule and abuses grow
- Published at
- 28.11.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD threatened
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A year of Taliban rule leaves civic space decimated in Afghanistan
- Published at
- 08.09.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
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The Taliban continues to target activists, journalists and stifle protests by women with impunity
- Published at
- 16.06.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- women
- attack on journalist
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Afghan women activists abducted by the Taliban while journalists arrested and beaten
- Published at
- 11.02.2022
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- protest disruption
- women
- attack on journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
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Threats and attacks against activists and journalists as Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis
- Published at
- 11.12.2021
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- killing of journalist
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
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Ongoing threats and attacks against civil society, media in Afghanistan while protests restricted
- Published at
- 21.10.2021
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- harassment
- killing of journalist
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- protest
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- women
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- excessive force
- intimidation