Free the imprisoned women activists!

The Spontaneous Movement of Afghan Women reports on the continuing repression by the Taliban (reinstalled in power by the US administration in August 2021) of women fighting against its obscurantist politics.

On March 27, in Kabul, armed Taliban stormed the home of the Rezaei family, arresting three sisters aged 25, 17 and 14 and their 22-year-old brother, accused of taking part in « illegal activities » for protesting against the arrest of their older sister Tamana. The Movement’s Kabul organization has launched an appeal for their release.

The Spontaneous Movement recalls that it is « an independent movement of Afghan women, created after August 2021 with the support of hundreds of intellectuals, feminists, teachers,former civil servants, human rights defenders, students and parents. Over the past three years, hundreds of members of the Movement have been arrested, abducted and tortured during street demonstrations or in their homes. Some have been released, but dozens are still in prison and hundreds more are missing. »

The International Committee for the Defense of Afghan Women, set up in Paris in October 2022, has opened an aid fund for the protection of persecuted Afghan women. It is campaigning with the governments of the major powers, including France, for the immediate and unconditional reception of activists and women threatened by Taliban rule.

https://defendafghanwomen.org