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Over 100 women police officer rehired in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 25 (ANI): Over 100 women police officers have been rehired in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, as a ray of hope for women amid the grave challenges of human rights violations in the Taliban-led country.
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Over 700 arrested in Iran since protests began over Mahsa Amini's death
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 24 (ANI): Over 700 people have been arrested in one province of Iran since the protest erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress by wearing
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WhatsApp denies blocking Iranian contacts after services disrupted amid pr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 23 (ANI): After Iran restricted the use of social media amid the ongoing protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, WhatsApp on Friday said that it has not blocked Iranian contacts and is working to ensure that Iranian friends stay connected.
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UK Rights envoy raises concern on 'grave' oppression of Afghan women
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 22 (ANI): As human rights violations continue to take place in Afghanistan, Britain's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French condemned the suppression of women in Afghanistan and said that the condition for women and girls in the country is deteriorating and the
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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Afghanistan: Taliban officials in Nimroz orders coffee shop to close down
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nimroz [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): Department of Vice and Virtue of Afghanistan's Nimroz province on Wednesday ordered to close the coffee shops and directed the wedding halls to stop playing music at wedding parties, local media reported.
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Human Rights Watch asks UN not to renew travel ban waiver on Taliban offic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political isolation of Afghanistan due to their atrocities on women and young girls in the country, the Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exe
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Taliban's atrocities continue, shopkeepers warned not to sell goods to wom
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): In another oppressive move, Taliban officials have asked shopkeepers in Balkh province of Afghanistan to not sell anything to women not wearing a Hijab and warned of consequences if they fail to obey the order.
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Rights activists in Istanbul voice out against women rights violations in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): Amid rising atrocities against Afghan women and violation of their fundamental rights, several human rights activists held a gathering in Istanbul recently and urged the international community to address their issues, especially young girls and their ac
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Activists in Turkey calls on world to focus on Afghan human rights
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): A number of human rights activists in Turkey called on the international community to pay attention to women's rights, particularly girls' access to education, in Afghanistan.
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Freedom of religion under grim state since Taliban seized power in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the country is facing a severe decline in religious freedom as the interim government has failed to safeguard religious minorities, a report by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (US
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UN Official describes situation of Afghan women and girls as regressing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths called out the Taliban for reopening girls' schools in a statement on Tuesday and said that the situation of Afghan women and girls is very regressing.
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