Torture and Prisons in Afghanistan

On Saturday, September 29, HRD+ hosted an event on X/Tweeter Space about the situation of detainees in the Taliban prison in Afghanistan, attended by civil activists and informed individuals. Some of the program’s guests, who have themselves experienced imprisonment and torture, spoke about the conditions in Taliban prisons.
In the first part of the session, dedicated to describing the situation and the experiences of the guests, Parwana Ebrahim Khil, a women’s rights activist who has spent some time in Taliban captivity, stressed that detainees are deprived of basic rights, including the right to a defense lawyer. She added that the Taliban torture prisoners by pulling out nails, giving them electric shocks, and beating them with cables, among other methods. In the women’s section, women are even beaten and have their private parts abused. According to Ms. Ebrahimkhil, the Taliban do not allow prisoners to meet their families. She herself was only allowed contact with her family in order to find a guarantor for her release from prison.
Ms. Ebrahimkhil expressed concern about the continuation of this situation, stating, “I am not the first to be detained, and I will not be the last. Today, Neda Parwani, Julia Parsi and our other sisters and brothers are in prisons and being tortured, but there is no response from countries that support human rights and democracy.