Systematic Arrest of Women in Afghanistan; Taliban’s Abuse of Power and Religion for Repression and Financial Extortion
23 July 2025 With deep concern and serious distress, we bring to the attention of the international community numerous documented reports of widespread, degrading, and organized arrests of women by the Taliban’s so-called “Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV).” These arrests are being carried out deliberately in densely populated and […]
HRD+ Statement on the Sentencing of Abdulalim Khamosh to Death
Date: 22 July 2025We, Human Rights Defenders Plus (HRD+), express our deep concern and profound regret, and we strongly condemn the sentencing of Abdulalim Khamosh, a cultural educator and social activist, to death. Abdulalim Khamosh, who worked in one of the most deprived regions of the country, now faces the imminent risk of execution—solely because […]