Education Activist Fahim Azimi Released From Taliban Prison, Says Amnesty International
Fahim Azimi, an education activist, has been released from Taliban custody after 11 months, Amnesty International said.
Fahim Azimi, an education activist, has been released from Taliban custody after 11 months, Amnesty International said.
The organisation said that Fahim Azimi should not have been imprisoned for defending the right to education. The Taliban had arrested Azimi on charges of "helping the girls of the robotics team leave" and organising protests.
Amnesty International announced the release of the education activist on Thursday.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the release of Fahim Azimi.
Azimi, along with fellow education activist Sediqullah Afghan, was arbitrarily arrested by the Taliban on October 17, 2022, at their office in the Karte 4 district of Kabul. Sediqullah Afghan was released on April 9 of this year during a Taliban amnesty marking Eid al-Adha.
Over the past year, human rights organisations have called for the release of this girls' education activist from the Taliban's prison.
