Afghanistan: another WHRD arrested
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Nov 10, 2022
- Event Description
In continuation of suppressing and detaining protesting women, sources report that the Taliban have arrested another protesting girl.
According to sources, on Thursday, November 10, the Taliban arrested Humaira Yousuf, one of the women activists in the field of human rights, who is a resident of Abdullah Khel village, Dara district of Panjshir province.
Sources add that the Taliban arrested her in the 11th district of Kabul city after several months of pursuit.
Humaira’s father is a retired general of the previous government.
According to reports, the Taliban have arrested six protesting women in less than ten days.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 34.53899847736487
Longitude: 69.1617232522336
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 10 November 2022, Humaira Yousuf, WHRD, was arrested by the Taliban as result of her engagement on women's rights in Kabul, Afghanistan.