#HRC54
"For me, sitting and speaking here about women of Afghanistan is difficult. I remember that 23 years ago, under the first Taliban regime, my mother and all educated women of Afghanistan were banned from their rights and forced to stay home.
Today my sister is forced to follow harsher rules set by Taliban. Systematic erasure of all achievements of the past twenty years, especially the progress in the freedoms and rights of women and ethnic and religious groups, is painful for me as human rights defender."
Oral statement during #HRC54 on Item 2: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA).
Full statement ▶️ l.forum-asia.org/HRC54AFSR