Former Afghan female judge Marzia Babakarkhail has launched a petition to submit to the UK Parliament demanding support to evacuate and resettle female judges from Afghanistan. Babakarkhail said that she is concerned for the safety of her colleagues in Afghanistan.
The former female judge said that before leaving the country, she survived two assassination attempts.
"Now living in the UK, I am deeply concerned for the safety of women who, like me, worked in the justice system in Afghanistan," said Babakarkhail in the petition, which was published on a website called Change.org.
The former female judge added that these brave women sent Taliban, terrorists, and criminals to prison, but according to her, with the takeover of power by the Taliban and the release of all prisoners, women who once delivered justice are being hunted by these brutal men committed to revenge.
In the petition, Babakarkhail stressed, "In hiding in Afghanistan, they live with daily death threats and in constant fear of violent reprisals. They and their children, their families are at imminent risk of violent attacks.”
According to this female judge, these women who fought for the rule of law and a more just, inclusive, and equal Afghanistan, are now exposed to violence.
She urged the UK government and the international community to do everything in their power to evacuate these women from Afghanistan and resettle them to a third country.
The campaign has just collected tens of thousands of signatures and it is due to be officially presented in the UK Parliament.
