Afghanistan Peace Campaign“UNAMA urges an end to arbitrary arrests. Rights to family, lawyers, care, fair trial must be upheld,” it said.
The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, responded to UNAMA’s request to cease arbitrary arrests by saying that all arrests are done in accordance with the law.
Mujahid pointed out that the arrests are not arbitrary and that the claims made by UNAMA are questionable.
“If someone was arrested on the basis of any information or suspicions, they were detained and later released, which means that no one had experienced injustice or mistreatment, so this is not true,” Mujahid told TOLOnews.
UNAMA on X said that “continued arbitrary detention of Afghanistan girls’ education advocates Ahmad Fahim Azimi & Sadiqullah Afghan & women’s rights activist Munizha Sediqi since October is worrying.”
“UNAMA urges an end to arbitrary arrests. Rights to family, lawyers, care, fair trial must be upheld,” it said.
Meanwhile, some women’s rights activists asked the Islamic Emirate to provide more facilities for women in the country.
“We ask them to pay attention to women’s jobs. Whatever the law is, they should announce that according to this law, you can do whatever job you want,” said Tafsir Siyaposh, a women’s rights activist.
“I ask the Islamic Emirate’s government to free women’s rights advocates and education rights advocates as soon as possible and let them continue their activities,” said Hadis Shamal, another women’s rights activist.
This comes as in the most recent case, after more than three months in detention, women’s rights activists Neda Parwani and Zhulia Parsi were both released from the Islamic Emirate’s custody.