Kabul School of Critics demand reopening of girls schools
KABUL (SW) – A group of women rights activists ‘Kabul School of Critics’ demanded the Islamic Emirate authorities to reopen girls’ schools without any further delay.
Category: DEMOCRACY & SPEECH
International travel exemptions for Taliban officials end
KABUL (SW) – The international travel exemption for the officials of the Islamic Emirate endorsed by the US has ended.
UN chief condemns spate of violence in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan, which claimed many civilian lives, including members of the Hazara Shia community and at least 16 children.
Call for support for art, literature in the country
KABUL (SW) – The national congress of literary and cultural institutions was held in Kabul today with the participation of more than 300 people, including women from the fields of culture, literature and mass media from all over the country.
UN official says Islamic Emirate ‘failed’ to ensure security
MONITORING (SW) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has urged the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to take the path that brings stability and freedom to all Afghans, especially women.
UNSC demands Islamic Emirate to reverse policies
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Security Council has called on the Islamic Emirate to swiftly reverse their policies and practices which are currently restricting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
Campaign launched in solidarity with women journalists
MONITORING (SW) – A new social media campaign, #FreeHerFace, has Afghan male journalists and others posting selfies with their faces covered, in solidarity with the Afghan women journalists facing a harmful new decree.
Condemnation pours in on new ruling about hijab
KABUL (SW) – Widespread condemnation and concerns have poured in in the wake of the new ruling by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regarding hijab for women and girls.
Afghan media in a ‘chilling new phase of clamp down’
MONITORING (SW) – The Committee to Protect Journalists has said in a fresh report that the media in Afghanistan that emerged in the two decades after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan has entered a ‘chilling new phase in its clamp down’.
RSF condemns attacks on journalists and media outlets
KABUL (SW) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the surge in threats, summonses for interrogation and arbitrary arrests to which journalists and media outlets have been subjected for the past two months in Afghanistan.
UNAMA seeks immediate information on detailed women activists
KABUL (SW) – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has urged the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate to provide immediate information on the alleged detention of two women protesters.
Media is getting systematically censored, says TSH
MONITORING (SW) – The Free Speech Hub has portrayed a grim state of affairs in the media sector in Afghanistan following the rise to power of the Islamic Emirate here.
