On the 12th and last day of her hunger strike, Tamana Zaryab Paryani said that this struggle will enter the second step and she will return to the street soon.
After twelve days of hunger strike, she announced the end of the first step of her lawsuit in the sit-in tent in Cologne, Germany.
In a statement that published on Tuesday, 12th of September, from the address of Tamana Zaryab Paryani and women’s rights activists, it is said that: “We are ready to set up sit-in tents again and with the tools we have, including our bodies.” We are ready to fight to identify the Taliban as the regime responsible for gender apartheid.”
In this statement, it is stated that in the past days, the deputy of the state parliament and the head of the Afghanistan and Pakistan department in the German Foreign Ministry came to the tent of the sit-ins and assured that they will convey the message of the protesters to the parliament and the foreign ministry.
On the ninth day of the hunger strike, they asked Tamana Zaryab to give a speech in the state parliament, which rejected by Paryani.
She said: “She is not ready to speak in the parliament of this state without recognizing gender apartheid in Afghanistan.” “Unless the representatives of this parliament put the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan on their agenda and thus stand by the women of Afghanistan.”
The statement also mentions the phone calls of Richard Bennett, the UN human rights rapporteur for Afghanistan, and Rina Amiri, the US special representative for women, girls and human rights in Afghanistan.
Richard Bennett promised to convey the message of the protesters about the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan to the organizations and authorities in charge.
Rina Amiri also said that the protesters have a long way to go to achieve their demands
According to this statement, Rina Amiri pledged to help the protesters in this way.
At the end of this statement, Tamana Zaryab Paryani wrote: “We will enter the second step of our struggle to recognize gender apartheid. This struggle will focus on seeking legal ways to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan, which governments have so far refused to accept for the same reason.
This statement also asked the governments to refer the issue of gender apartheid in Afghanistan to the United Nations so that the representatives of the countries arrange and approve frameworks and laws to recognize gender apartheid as soon as possible.
The release of political prisoners, the termination of financial aid to the Taliban and the ban on the travel of Taliban officials are among the other demands of these protesting women.
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