The eighth day since the beginning of the hunger strike of a number of Afghan women’s rights activists in the German city of Cologne is going on.
Tamanna Zaryab Pariyani and a number of other women protesting the Taliban’s misogynistic policies were in hunger strike since September 1, in the city of Cologne, Germany.
Zaryab Paryani wrote on X social network (Friday, the 8th of September): “We die; But we do not stop.”
In addition to the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan, these protesting women also asked for stopping the cash aid to the Taliban and the release of political prisoners in Afghanistan.
In the past few days, civil activists, artists and human rights activists inside and outside Afghanistan, as will as supporting this protest, asked for the attention of the international community to the demands of these women.
Today, in a report without referring to this sit-in, Human Rights Watch called for an investigation of gender prosecutors by the Taliban and severe human rights violations in Afghanistan by the International Criminal Court (The Hague).
According to this organization, the coordinated support of the concerned governments is needed to bring the responsible leaders of the Taliban to justice.
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