Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز

Founder and leader of women-led non-profits. Advocate for Afghan women and girls, refugees, and the global Autism community. All views are my own.

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

Listen to Zahra. This courageous girl has endured more than many of us can imagine and is simply asking the United States to fulfill our promises to Afghan allies,

[#AfghanEvac @afghanevac]

Zahra is 14.

Out of school for 4 years.

Living at Camp As Sayliyah in U.S. custody for 18+ months.

Taking medication for stress.

She just recorded a message to @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP asking for a future.

She’s asking to be heard.

Watch. Share. Don’t ignore her.

#AfghanEvac

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

Afghan allies deserve for the US to honor the commitment we made to them. They showed up for us and now it’s our turn to prove we mean it.

@PeterLucier @afghanevac @shawnjvandiver

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

At #AfghanEvac we speak truth to power and today it comes from @PeterLucier.

It’s easy to talk and not act when you’re in the Senate.

Now you’re in charge.

Secretary Mullin — you’ve talked tough.

Talk is cheap. Can veterans and Afghans count on you?

https://t.co/uXMrilLxZ6

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

@shawnjvandiver @KyleanneHunter @iava @afghanevac amazing :) Thank you for being there

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

It was great to spend time with @shawnjvandiver and Jess with @afghanevac in London discussing what more the US / UK can do to support at-risk Afghan women and girls and wartime allies.

[#AfghanEvac @afghanevac]

Meet @Ladeitz1 from @taskforcenyx, one of #AfghanEvac’s longstanding members.

[Binaifer Nowrojee @NowrojeeOSF]

Debate and disagreement are essential to a thriving democracy. Violence has no place and must always be opposed.

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

Thank you Zubaida Jan for being so relentless in pursuit of justice for Afghan women and girls @ZubaidaAKBR

[Zubaida Akbar @ZubaidaAKBR]

"We, Afghan women, feel like broken records in this Council. Every session, we repeat the same truths: the escalating, and horrendous violations of our rights. Nothing hidden about the Taliban’s atrocities. And still, their war on women continues with impunity."#HRC60

[Zubaida Akbar @ZubaidaAKBR]

"We, Afghan women, feel like broken records in this Council. Every session, we repeat the same truths: the escalating, and horrendous violations of our rights. Nothing hidden about the Taliban’s atrocities. And still, their war on women continues with impunity."#HRC60

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

@NilofarAyoubi gorgeous family :)

[Yasmine Ahmed @YasmineAhmed001]

End the deafening silence on Gaza – it is time to speak up https://t.co/hQw4qc5lP8

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

I support @UN_SPExperts statement on #Gaza by @FranceskAlbs & my thematic colleagues urging immediate international intervention to stop “one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity”. Read full statement below👇

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

I wonder whether the European Civil Protection Mechanism can be activated for people—especially children—burned alive in plastic tents, or is it just for trees.

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

Devastated to hear about the tragic loss of life of Abida, a young Afghan girl whose future should have stood before her. Abida sadly took her life rather than face a forced marriage to a member of the Taliban

[Atefa Tayeb | عاطفه طیب @AtefaTayeb]

در سر زمینی که زن باید میان اسارت و مرگ یکی را برگزیند؛ مرگ هم گاهی به اجبار شبیه آزادی می‌شود…

جهان با سکوتش، شریک این جنایت‌ هاست!

[Yasmine Ahmed @YasmineAhmed001]

There must be concrete measures immediately imposed against Israel by the UK 🇬🇧 @DavidLammy @HFalconerMP

It is for exactly for this moment that the duty to prevent genocide was born & all the obligations that flow from it. But once again the int’l community fails in real time

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

@ZahraJoya @heatherbarr1 love this photo of two remarkable women :)

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

Our Afghan allies need your voice.

I'm grateful to @shawnjvandiver, @afghanevac and the countless veteran and civilian led organizations leading this fight so that our allies can access the relocation and resettlement pathways they were promised. Join us

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

#BREAKING: Last night, I sent a letter to senior leaders in the Trump Administration requesting clarity, collaboration, and action on behalf of our Afghan wartime allies.

This isn’t just about policy—it’s about promises. And right now, the U.S. is failing to keep them.

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

It is vital that you contacted your elected officials in the United States and urge them to protect Enduring Welcome. Afghan allies who are vetted and who risked their lives protecting our freedoms deserve the pathway to safety they were promised.

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

🚨 The State Dept just told OMB they plan to shut down Enduring Welcome—the program that relocates our Afghan allies.

Thousands already vetted. U.S. troops’ family members. Even American citizens.

We cannot let this happen.

📢 Take action: https://t.co/UsAmDlidYk #AfghanEvac

[Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز @Ladeitz1]

@seyedi3121 These are beautiful photos Taranom jan :)

[Phil Vischer @philvischer]

A 27 yr-old Iranian woman converted to Christianity, and had to flee Iran (where conversion brings the death penalty). She fled to the US to seek asylum. The Trump administration arrested her, put her in shackles, loaded her on a military plane with 300 other migrants...

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

Did you know that, for the cost of less than 10 days of the Afghan war we could relocate and resettle every single one of the wartime allies who stood with us and haven’t yet gotten their shot at the American dream?

[Shawn VanDiver @shawnjvandiver]

🚨 Thousands of Afghan evacuees are trapped in limbo because of a U.S. policy decision that could be reversed today with a simple phone call from @SecRubio.
Here’s what’s happening and why it matters. 🧵⬇️