Afghanistan: community-based defender arrested
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Sep 8, 2022
- Event Description
Local sources in Khost province report that the Taliban have arrested Marjan Hasand, one of the civil activists in this province.
According to sources, he was arrested by the Taliban intelligence members on Thursday this week.
So far, the motive behind Hasand’s arrest is not clear, and Taliban members have not provided details on his arrest.
A source however said that this civil activist praised the reopening of girls’ schools in Paktia province the previous day on his Facebook page and asked the people of Khost province to open the doors of girls’ schools. The source said this might be the motive behind his detention.
Hasand was reportedly involved in the media in the former government and after the beginning of Taliban rule, he turned to freelance work.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 33.33822435892472
Longitude: 69.92013145422774
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 8 September 2022, Marjan Hasand, CSO activist and community-based defender, was arrested by the Taliban possibly for calling for girls' schools re-opening over social media in Khost Province, Afghanistan.