Afghanistan: brother of community-based defender arrested
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Jan 21, 2023
- Event Description
The Taliban arrested a civilian in Paktika whose brother had posted critical content on Facebook.
Local sources said on Saturday, January 21, that the young brother of this arrested person was a civil society activist in Paktika before the Taliban takeover and is currently in exile.
This civil activist, whose name is Mohammad Muqtasad, recently criticized the Taliban’s ban on university education for women in a Facebook post.
According to local sources, after this Facebook post, the Taliban arrested Ayaz Bacha, the brother of Mohammad Muqtasad, in Yusuf Khel district of Paktika province.
The Taliban in Paktika have not yet expressed their opinion in this regrad.
It should be mentioned that the Taliban recently arrested a poet in Paktika for writing a critical poem.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Family of HRD
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 32.94081280104419
Longitude: 69.16323508269235
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 21 January 2023, the brother of community-based defender Mohammad Muqtasad was arrested by the Taliban after the HRD criticised the Taliban on social media in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.