Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd April. UN experts on Monday have callerd for the immediate release of Afghan human rights defender Ahmad Fahim Azimi, who has been detained forover 6 ix months.
The rights experts noted that Mr. Azimi was imprisoned on 17 October by the de facto authorities along with his colleague Siddiqullah Afghan, who was released.
Mr. Azimi advocates for girls’ education and is the head of the Better Thinking Centre and director of the Digital Citizen Lab in Afghanistan, the experts said.
The experts have been communicating with the Afghan authorities regarding this case.
“We urge the de facto authorities to also release Mr. Azimi without delay. There is no justification for his detention,” they said.
They expressed concern over the arrests of multiple human rights defenders and education activists in Afghanistan, seemingly for their advocacy for women and girls’ education.
“Access to education is a fundamental right. It is essential that those who strive to expand this right are supported and protected, not persecuted,” they said.
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