Fereshta Abbasi (@fereshtaabbasi) 's Twitter Profile
Fereshta Abbasi

@fereshtaabbasi

Lawyer, Afghanistan Researcher @HRW, LLM in Law and Strategic Studies @Aberdeenuni, Fellow @Asia_Foundation, Scholar @Cheveningfcdo.

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Young people have the right to access abortion care without being subjected to a parental veto. A devastating Florida court decision would eliminate access to abortion care for young people unable to get written, notarized parental consent. trib.al/lespZzF

Young people have the right to access abortion care without being subjected to a parental veto.

A devastating Florida court decision would eliminate access to abortion care for young people unable to get written, notarized parental consent. trib.al/lespZzF
Artemis Akbary (@artemis_akbary) 's Twitter Profile Photo

افتخار داشتم که در کنار هاکان دمیر، نماینده پارلمان آلمان، و کاترینا ووس از سازمان دیاکونی آلمان، در یک میزگرد حضور داشته باشم و در مورد وضعیت حقوق بشر در افغانستان سخنرانی کنم. همچنین در این پنل تاکید کردم که باید آن دسته از کسانی که از آلمان پذیرش گرفته‌اند باید به آلمان منتقل

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Laila Soueif, the mother of imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has resumed a zero-calorie hunger strike. In February, HRW’s Yasmine Ahmed visited Laila in a London hospital, where she was at imminent risk of death.

Zahra Nader (@zahrayusufi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Cheryl Benard, we don’t need your reassurance.. we certainly don’t need another round of imperialist feminists explaining that the people who oppress us aren’t really so bad because they smiled at you while they have stripped us of our rights and freedoms. zantimes.com/2025/05/22/whe…

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Voice of a Woman in Darkness and Hope Shahla Arefi, a women’s rights activist and member of the Afghanistan Women’s Justice Movement,embodies Afghanistan women’s defiance against Taliban oppression. Read more: af-wjm.org/voice-of-a-wom…

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Chinese dissident artist 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao spoke with Human Rights Watch about transnational repression, censorship in China, and defending democracy. Watch our interview to learn more ⤵️

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A Uyghur who visited the region on an official tour told Human Rights Watch: "when I was able to walk around the city, I could see the empty mosques, men without beards, little kids who could no longer speak Uyghur. I could hardly recognize the city I once knew." hrw.org/news/2025/02/0…

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او می‌گوید: «آرزو دارم روزی مادر شوم. دوست دارم شرایطی مهیا شود تا جنسیتم را عوض کرده و احساس مادرانه را تجربه کنم، اما در افغانستان بعید می‌دانم؛ چون ما هیچ امنیت نداریم و هیچ تضمینی وجود ندارد که بتوانم به‌عنوان ترنس حتی زندگی کنم.» ادامه این روایت را در ویبسایت نیمرخ بخوانید:

او می‌گوید: «آرزو دارم روزی مادر شوم. دوست دارم شرایطی مهیا شود تا جنسیتم را عوض کرده و احساس مادرانه را تجربه کنم، اما در افغانستان بعید می‌دانم؛ چون ما هیچ امنیت نداریم و هیچ تضمینی وجود ندارد که بتوانم به‌عنوان ترنس حتی زندگی کنم.»

ادامه این روایت را در ویبسایت نیمرخ بخوانید:
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett (@sr_afghanistan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last week in #Afghanistan de facto authorities publicly flogged at least 63 males & 4 females. These gross punishments that violate int'l law have increased massively in 2025 & must stop. A stark reminder that Taliban must not be normalized and no Afghans abroad forcibly returned

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Free Online English Language Course for Afghan women and girls, starting July 1st! Fill out the registration form now to secure your spot. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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خالده پوپل با روایت زندگی‌اش، دو جایزه معتبر دنیای ورزش را از آن خود کرد ravizan.com/12657/

Niku Jafarnia (@nikujafarnia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In new investigation, Human Rights Watch finds that the US attack on Ras Issa Port in #Yemen in April is an apparent war crime. The port is critical as an entry point for aid + commercial imports. According to Airwars, at least 84 civilians were killed, 150 injured. hrw.org/news/2025/06/0…

Elaine Pearson (@pearsonelaine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we remember the killing of countless peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing 36 years ago. The Chinese government still seeks to erase the memory of the June 1989 Tiananmen Massacre and silence those who attempt to commemorate June 4. x.com/i/status/19300…

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🚨2day I stood w thousands of ppl 2 surrounded the entire UK Parl with a red sash 2 symbolise the red line that has been well & truly crossed by 🇮🇱 The 🇬🇧 Gov Keir Starmer must immediately IMPOSE a comprehensive arms embargo & other sanctions on 🇮🇱 Khalid Abdalla Paloma Faith

🚨2day I stood w thousands of ppl 2 surrounded the entire UK Parl with a red sash 2 symbolise the red line that has been well & truly crossed by 🇮🇱

The 🇬🇧 Gov <a href="/Keir_Starmer/">Keir Starmer</a> must immediately IMPOSE a comprehensive arms embargo &amp; other sanctions on 🇮🇱

<a href="/khalidabdalla/">Khalid Abdalla</a> <a href="/Palomafaith/">Paloma Faith</a>
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"In Afghanistan, news, particularly when it’s about politics, war, or survival, is not only heard, it is lived. In such a country, if journalism is the act of truth-telling, then that act itself is revolutionary." Read Zahra Joya for Center for News, Technology & Innovation - CNTI: bit.ly/4kvRfLk

"In Afghanistan, news, particularly when it’s about politics, war, or survival, is not only heard, it is lived. In such a country, if journalism is the act of truth-telling, then that act itself is revolutionary." Read <a href="/ZahraJoya/">Zahra Joya</a> for <a href="/CNTI_global/">Center for News, Technology & Innovation - CNTI</a>: bit.ly/4kvRfLk
Kawoon Khamoosh (@kawoonkhamoosh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From Monday, citizens from 12 countries - Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - will be banned from travelling to the US. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq…

Kenneth Roth (@kenroth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump criticized Biden for the way he pulled US troops from Afghanistan. Now Trump's new travel ban abandons most Afghan people to the Taliban. That's an improvement? trib.al/dyeYDMW