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janterry

(4,429 posts)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 04:16 PM Nov 2021

In Afghanistan, women's rights activists feared for their lives, now they are disappearing

In September, Forouzan Safi joined other activists to protest against the Taliban tearing down the rights of women in Afghanistan.

By late October, she had been killed.

She reportedly left the house that day with her passport and degrees, believing she was meeting up with someone who would help her get out of Afghanistan.

Her body was found riddled with bullets alongside three other women who had also been killed.

News of their deaths has been reverberating around the community of activists who are fighting for the advancement of women and girls and who have lived in fear since the Taliban regained power.

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Some activists have reported receiving phone calls, messages and emails from suspicious people who claimed they could help those wanting to leave Afghanistan.

They are reportedly asked to share personal details and are invited to come to certain locations.

more at link
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-21/afghanistan-women-activists-killed-disappearing/100622994

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