"We urge UN member states to listen to the women and girls of Afghanistan, center their voices, and do more to protect their rights and advance accountability for gender persecution."
- @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social / @hrw.org
"We urge UN member states to listen to the women and girls of Afghanistan, center their voices, and do more to protect their rights and advance accountability for gender persecution."
- @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social / @hrw.org
#Afghanistan : Les talibans ont adopté un nouveau code de procédure pénale qui ne reconnaît que les coups "excessifs" comme violence domestique envers les femmes laissant les victimes d'autres formes d'abus sans protection ni recours.
@fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social au Conseil des droits de l’homme ⤵️
On this #IWD2026 listen to the episode of the Swissinfo podcast on why we should support women of Afghanistan and do all we can to protect their rights.
I have had the pleasure of speaking with Imogen Foulkes in the past too but this one is really close to my heart.
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We urge UN member states to listen to the women and girls of Afghanistan, center their voices, and do more to protect their rights and advance accountability for gender persecution.
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The Taliban have recently passed a new criminal procedure code that further deepens repression and discrimination in Afghanistan.
HRW's Fereshta Abbasi shares more and calls for accountability at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council ⤵️
#HRC61
Afghanistan: Accountability Needed for Gender Persecution, Other Grave Crimes
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You can watch the UN Human Rights Council session on Afghanistan happening now:
Member states and the UN leadership should urgently operationalize Afghanistan's accountability mechanism and ensure it has the necessary resources to fulfill its mandate.
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At #HRC61, had the pleasure to meet with the foreign ministers of Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein to discuss Afghanistan.
States should listen to the women of Afghanistan and do more to protect their rights.
I will be moderating this important side event on the People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan this week. Please join us if you are in Geneva:
When: 26 February, 14:00-15:00 CET
Where: Palais de Nations, Geneva
“Governments need to press the Taliban to end their horrific abuses while also alleviating Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis and extending protections to Afghan refugees,” said Fereshta Abbasi, Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
HRW quote card that says, “The UK government’s decision to end the cruel "two-child limit” social security policy is welcome and long-overdue. It forced growing numbers of children and families into poverty and undermined their rights.” Kartik Raj, Europe Senior Researcher
Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
‘Extreem zorgwekkend,’ noemt Human Rights Watch-onderzoeker @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social de ontwikkeling.
Die ziet ze als het ‘normaliseren van deportaties naar Afghanistan’. “Landen die lang in Afghanistan actief zijn geweest, proberen hun verantwoordelijkheden te negeren.”
"Without female staff, we cannot collectively serve returning women and children under conditions of dignity and respect.” Says a UN official in Afghanistan.
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The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021.
HRW's @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social details the harsh conditions and growing challenges journalists are facing in Afghanistan ⤵️
The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism.
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To the Turkish Government:
Ensure that Afghan journalists and other at-risk Afghans can apply for international protection or humanitarian residency permits.
Ensure that exiled Afghan journalists in Türkiye can apply for and obtain work permits. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
📢The Taliban have gutted Afghanistan’s media since taking control of the country in August 2021.
They have subjected the remaining news outlets to surveillance and censorship, and punished journalists and other media workers for any perceived criticism.
New from @hrw.org ⤵️
#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 @hrw.org highlighted the impact of the two-day internet shutdown imposed by the Taliban. “It harmed the livelihoods of millions & deprived them of their basic rights to education, health care & access to information.” @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social
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Afghanistan: Taliban Tramples Media Freedom
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Fereshta Abbasi called the announcement a “huge win” for Afghans. “It sends a strong message to the victims that their suffering is not erasable, that their pains are not forgettable, that the grave abuses and the culture of impunity has been broken."
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“The Taliban’s moves to cut internet access harms the livelihoods of millions of Afghans and deprives them of their basic rights to education, health care, and access to information. The Taliban should drop its baseless rationales and end these shutdowns.”
- @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social / @hrw.org
“It’s crucial for the new mechanism to get up and running quickly so that it can begin to collect, prepare, and preserve evidence, and build files on those responsible for international crimes in Afghanistan.”
- @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social, Afghanistan researcher @hrw.org
"Cela envoie un message fort aux victimes, aux femmes afghanes, (...) aux défenseurs des droits humains, en leur garantissant que les auteurs des graves abus commis en #Afghanistan seront un jour tenus responsables et traduits en justice" - @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social
07.10.2025 09:22 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0„Die Mitglieder des UN-Menschenrechtsrats haben den Betroffenen, ihren Familien und all jenen, die mutig für Gerechtigkeit in Afghanistan kämpfen, die klare Botschaft gesendet, dass ihre Stimmen gehört wurden und dass ihr Leid weder unsichtbar noch auslöschbar ist“ @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social
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Taliban and all perpetrators should have received the message - that they cannot commit grave abuses with impunity – they cannot silence or erase women and girls without consequence and that they will be held accountable for their abuses in Afghanistan.
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L'ONU a adopté une résolution historique prévoyant la création d'un mécanisme indépendant chargé d'enquêter sur les violations des droits humains passées et actuelles en #Afghanistan.
🎉 C'est une avancée significative pour briser le cycle de l'impunité dans le pays.
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"Les femmes afghanes continuent de résister aux attaques contre leurs droits et nous devons nous tenir à leurs côtés en solidarité"
@fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social au Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU pour demander la mise en place d'un mécanimse de reddition des comptes pour l'Aghanistan ⤵
For the past four years, the Taliban have intensified attacks on women and girls' rights in Afghanistan, amounting to what UN experts have labeled “gender apartheid.”
The UN Human Rights Council should urgently establish an accountability mechanism to address impunity and advance justice.
More than 2,000 people have been killed following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have imposed rules that make it difficult for female aid workers to help with rescue efforts. Taliban authorities should ensure that women are involved in all relief work.
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