Afghanistan: Arrests of activists and crackdown on journalists persists as the Taliban ramp up their controls on women Published at 18.12.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment censorship journalist detained Read more
Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover Published at 04.09.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Afghanistan: Detention, criminalisation and torture of activists continue as the UN Human Rights Council reviews its record Published at 23.05.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
