Missing Afghan women activists released: UN
Date
2/13/2022 7:11:27 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the
country's“de facto authorities” after going missing weeks ago, the
United Nations has said, Trend reports citing Al Jazeera .
Since storming back to power in August, the Taliban have cracked
down on dissent by forcefully dispersing women's rallies, detaining
critics and often beating local journalists covering unsanctioned
protests.
Tamana Zaryabi Paryani, Parwana Ibrahimkhel, Zahra Mohammadi and
Mursal Ayar went missing after participating in an anti-Taliban
rally, but Afghanistan's new rulers – whose government is still not
recognised by any country – had consistently denied detaining
them.
“After a long period of uncertainty about their whereabouts and
safety, the four 'disappeared' Afghan women activists, as well as
their relatives who also went missing, have all been released by
the de facto authorities,” the United Nations Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Twitter on Sunday.
AFP reported the release of Ibrahimkhel on Friday. She went
missing along with Paryani on January 19, days after taking part in
a rally in Kabul calling for women's right to work and
education.
Weeks later, Mohammadi and Ayar went missing. Some relatives of
the four women protesters had also gone missing.
Shortly before she disappeared, footage of Paryani was shared on
social media showing her in distress, warning of Taliban fighters
at her door.
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