Human Rights Group Says Taliban Arrests Afghan Activists Without Any Crime
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) announced that Taliban has arbitrarily arrested cultural and civil activists. AIHRC stressed that despite the widespread reactions to these arrests, the Taliban has not responded to domestic and international demands.
In a statement on Saturday, AIHRC referred to Amnesty International's annual report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan and urged national and international organisations to implement the recommendations suggested by the human rights group.
Earlier, Amnesty International had reported that the Taliban has widely and systematically killed and tortured Afghan citizens.
The watchdog group added that former Afghan government soldiers, former officials, armed members of the resistance groups, and ISIS members have been the main victims of the Taliban's cold-blooded killings.
AIHRC has also mentioned the detentions of Zakaria Osuli and Rasul Parsi, university professors; Narges Sadat, a women's rights activist; Musa Shaheen, a local singer; Mortaza Behboudi, Afghan French journalist; Sayed Mohammad Hosseini, a cultural activist; and Matiullah Wesa, an education activist, who remain in the Taliban prison.
The commission has asked the Taliban for the immediate release of these activists.
