On Feb. 11, much of the global community marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and Technology. But in Afghanistan, few felt like celebrating. After all, that day was the 874th since girls were banned from attending secondary school studies, and the 415th since universities shut their doors to women. The urgency [...]
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Taliban court frees French-Afghan journalist after 284-day imprisonment
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced on Wednesday the release of French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi by a Taliban court in Afghanistan. Following a 284-day detention, all charges, encompassing allegations of espionage and illegal support for foreigners, were nullified during a criminal court hearing held in Kabul, as per the statement. He was immediately released from Pul-e-Charkhi [...]
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Horowitz, Research Director at human rights and public interest investigation firm One World Research, says that notwithstanding the pending closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison and all the publicity surrounding that, if the US government...
Obama must not allow Bagram prison to remain an Afghan version of Guantanamo
Sahr MuhammedAlly : "On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will inherit the responsibility for thousands of detainees being held by the United States in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq. Obama has already...
UN human rights chief urges end to death penalty in Afghanistan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Afghan President Hamad Karzai to put a stop to executions and join nations calling for a death penalty moratorium. The...
Sahr MuhammedAlly : "While pre-trial motions continue at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, at other end of the globe in Afghanistan more than 60 former Guantánamo and Bagram detainees have been convicted based on...
Afghan court trying ex-US detainees based on questionable evidence: rights group
A criminal court in Afghanistan is trying detainees previously held by the US detainees at Bagram Air Base and Guantanamo Bay and is relying primarily on allegations and evidence provided by the US military, the New...
Afghanistan ends death penalty moratorium with 15 executions
Afghanistan has ended a three-year moratorium on the death penalty by executing 15 prisoners Sunday by firing squad at Pul-e-Charkhi , the country's largest prison, Afghanistan's chief of prisons said Monday. The executions are the second confirmed reports...
Former Guantanamo detainees returned to Afghanistan allege US abuse
Sixteen Afghan men were reunited with their families Thursday after being released by the US military from four years of detention in Guantanamo Bay . The men denied links to Islamic terror groups and...
Afghan authorities on Wednesday regained control of the Policharki prison after four days of rioting that was allegedly started by al Qaeda and Taliban convicts. Deputy Justice Minister Mohammed Qasim Hashimzai reported that...