Continuing discussions connected to ABA Resolution 501 on the prevention of mass atrocities against the Hazara people, this session will examine the misuse of the rule of law which has allowed forced…

The Taliban’s brutal treatment of the Hazara community should put an end to premature discussions of normalization.

The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations The Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them that they have one month to stop or face arrest. Officially, all beauty salons were closed by the Taliban in August 2023, shuttering 12,000 businesses with the loss of more than 50,000 female beautician jobs. Yet clandestine salons have continued to operate within communities across the country. Continue reading...

With many care centers shuttered and supplies dwindling, many pregnant women in rural Afghanistan fear they or their babies won’t survive delivery.

Ce documentaire suit trois Afghanes qui, contraintes à l'exil après la prise de Kaboul par les talibans en 2021, poursuivent leur lutte pour les droits des…

PARIS/LONDON/OTTAWA – The governments of France, the UK and Canada have said they will do what’s morally right and recognize Palestine’s right to exist as a nation as early as September, providing som...

The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

For two decades Afghan women had freedom. They could go to school, hold jobs and public office. Then everything changed in an instant.

Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants for the Taliban government's Supreme Leader and chief justice.

In November 2024, Afghan Witness published the findings of their investigation into the Taliban’s “regeneration program” across Kabul...

Despite jail, torture, and death threats, activists are resisting the Taliban in the country and abroad

Afghan students and activists condemn halt to medical courses amid warnings of women dying from lack of healthcare

This was the only path left for girls who had been excluded from other fields, say students in Afghanistan

“Girls will no longer be allowed to study at these institutions,” one source reported, citing remarks made at the meeting.

Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work ban

This year's Laureates are imprisoned lawyer Manuchehrs Kholiqnazarov from Tajikistan and exiled women's rights activist Zholia Parsi from Afghanistan.