the UN is concerned about the arrest of two new feminist activists

These unjust detentions must stop. If the Taliban seek legitimacy from the Afghan people & the world, they must respect Afghans’ human rights – especially for women – including the freedom of expression & immediately release these women, their relatives & other activists. https://t.co/LMrOnPkxvT

— U.S. Special Envoy Rina Amiri (@SE_AfghanWGH) February 4, 2022

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Two other activists also disappeared

La Manua did not reveal the names of the two activists, but according to another opponent, Zahra Mohammadi and Mursal Ayar were arrested by the Taliban this week. Zahra Mohammadi is “a dentist and worked in a clinic. She was arrested, as well as her father, ”explained this activist, requesting anonymity. Mursal Ayar was arrested on Wednesday after one of her colleagues asked her for his address to come and pay her salary, she added. “That’s how she was framed. The Taliban found her and arrested her, ”detailed this activist.

These arrests come two weeks after the disappearance of two other activists, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhel, a few days after their participation in a demonstration in Kabul in favor of women’s rights. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed concern on Tuesday about their fate and that of four members of their family who disappeared with them.

The Taliban say they have modernized

The Taliban deny any involvement in their disappearance and say they have opened an investigation. The Islamist fundamentalists claim to have modernized since their last reign over Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001. But they were quick to oust teenage girls from many public colleges and high schools, to impose on women the accompaniment of a man of their immediate family during long journeys, and to exclude them from most government jobs.

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