The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) denounced on Tuesday the arrest of an activist defending women’s education and asked the Taliban government to clarify the reason for this arrest.
the afghan activist Matiullah Wesahead of a project to offer education to Afghan girls, “was arrested in Kabul on Monday”, without the reasons for his arrest or his whereabouts being known at the moment, UNAMA said in a series of messages on the social network Twitter .
The activist is known in the country for having launched several educational campaigns in some Afghan provinces and for establishing a mobile library in rural areas to facilitate the education of young Afghan women, who since the fundamentalists came to power more than a year and a half ago They have not been able to return to the classroom.
Through the Pen Path campaign, the activist raised his voice among Afghan women and girls in their fight for the reopening of high schools and universities in the Asian country.
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Benett also expressed concern over reports of Wesa’s arrest and called on fundamentalists to guarantee his safety and respect his legal rights.
Since the Taliban came to power a year and a half ago, Afghans have suffered a deterioration in terms of human rights that is increasingly reminiscent of the time of the first Taliban regime, when women were relegated to domestic tasks, with no possibility of to leave home.
Among the plethora of restrictions imposed, are the suspension of secondary and university education, the obligation to wear a face covering, segregation by sex and requiring the accompaniment of a male member of your family to travel.
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