By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 21, 2023Russian media have reported the detention of a student affiliated with one of the active terrorist groups in Afghanistan, alleging that he had been propagating for extremist terrorist organizations. According to the TASS news agency, the detained individual is a student who had been actively involved in calling upon people to engage in “jihad” against the “infidels.” Details about the identity of the detained individual…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 22, 2023Several protesting women demanded the immediate release of Julia Parsi, Neda Parwani, Matiullah Wesa, and Rasoul Parsi, who are currently held captive by the Taliban, in a public statement. The “Women’s Protest Movement for Freedom” considers women and civil activists imprisoned by the Taliban as part of their “repressive policies.” These protesting women gathered at a discreet location in Kabul on Saturday and called on…
AFP report October 19, 2023PARIS: French-Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, held in detention since January in Afghanistan, was freed after charges against him were dropped, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. “The Taliban judiciary have ordered the release of journalist Mortaza Behboudi. The decision has just come through after 284 days of imprisonment,” RSF said in a statement to AFP. All charges, including espionage and illegal support for foreigners, were thrown out at a criminal…
by Malik Asad | Munawer Azeem in Dawn, Sept 6th, 2023ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a repeat of the exercise carried out by the capital police on Sept 1, which infuriated Lahore High Court, PTI President and former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was again arrested on Tuesday, this time in a terrorism, theft and dacoity case. He was taken into custody shortly after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the order…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023LAHORE: The Islamabad police on Friday re-arrested former chief minister and PTI President Parvez Elahi near his residence soon after the Lahore High Court (LHC) set him free with a restraining order against his possible arrest by any agency or preventive detention. A team of federal capital police, assisted by the Lahore police, intercepted the white SUV near the FCC underpass in which Mr Elahi was riding…
report in The Express Tribune, August 23, 2023LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed on Tuesday its deep concerns over the lack of transparency surrounding the detention of women associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) since May 9, riots. In a press release, the HRC said that more than three months had passed since the PTI supporters were arrested but it was still not clear how many women were currently in jail. It…
report in The Guardian, Apr 1, 2023 at 22.23 BSTThree British men including a charity medic and a self-styled “danger tourist” are being held in custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan, it has been reported. The Mail on Sunday said Kevin Cornwell, a 53-year-old charity medic, and another British national who manages a hotel for aid workers in Kabul, who has not been named, were detained by the Taliban’s secret police in January. The other…
Reuters in Dawn, March 16th, 2023WASHINGTON: Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Emirati authorities of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have no legal pathways to refugee status or resettlement elsewhere. Many of those housed in Emirates Humanitarian City are suffering from depression and other psychological ailments, have no access to legal counsel, and have inadequate educational services for their children, a Human Rights Watch report said.…
by Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, Mar 3, 2023Several local media outlets reported that university lecturer and social activist Ismail Mashal was released, however, a close source to him rejected the rumors to Khaama Press, and said is still in detention. On Thursday evening, local news outlets quoting from Taliban security officials claimed that professor Mashal was released. One of Mashal’s relatives named Farid, who is also a lecturer, rejected the news – saying…