Morsal Saba

Molecular biologist. Study advisor. Women's rights activist.

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Heartwarming to see the European Parliament give a standing ovation to Afghan women leaders. I hope this translates into real support for the 20 million Afghan women imprisoned by the Taliban.

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

I told @UN_HRC today that Taliban's morality law reinforces its institutionalised system of gender discrimination - in short, gender persecution - impacting almost everyone in #Afghanistan. Unaddressed, this will shape future generations. Read more👇 https://t.co/FFIrNI1fuv

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzibwesa]

Free Afghan Women 🇦🇫

In response to the Taliban's ban on women's voices, this Afghan woman from Pashtun ethnicity from Afghanistan sings a poem for her and all Afghan women freedom and their basic rights.

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“I am a woman, I am the world. I love my freedom … If the boots are on my throat, the fist on my mouth, I swear by the light of my heart, I will not stay in this terror.” https://t.co/7s7c0P9zXs

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

From stylish 1960s fashion to vibrant traditional attires, Afghan women once celebrated their identity freely. Now, the Taliban have imposed black burqas on Afghanistan, which has nothing to do with Afghan culture—it's pure erasure.

[Natiq Malikzada @natiqmalikzada]

"Alhamdullilah, the entire park is free of women, and it is safe for all men to come and have a good time," says this Taliban member from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue.

This deep-seated misogyny and obsessive need to control and dominate women remind me of the concept of "fragile masculinity" that I read about a while ago. These people are afraid of women autonomy, and the mere presence of women in public spaces makes them feel their fragile manhood is being challenged. They often hide that fragility by using excuses, such as religion and the Taliban-created "Afghan culture."

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

Together with @UN_SPExperts alarmed about Taliban’s recent discriminatory & repressive morality law, similar to their draconian 1990s rule.

Need for principled and coordinated #Afghanistan strategy from international community with human rights at centre

Read full statement👇

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“You made the deal with the Taliban in Doha, which we were shut out of. You handed the country over to the Taliban. And now we’re the ones who have to live with it. And you don’t seem very interested in hearing about it anymore.” https://t.co/qDhIa4hgYR

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

“This new law is deeply harmful. It represents a hardening and institutionalization of these rules by giving them the status of law." She said the law is a "serious escalation" and "swift slide to ever more hellish conditions for Afghan women and girls." https://t.co/LdRl9i3N1M

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

The Taliban aren’t metaphorically silencing women—it’s literally.

[Heather Barr @heatherbarr1]

This isn’t a dystopian novel. This isn’t a story from history, either. It’s Afghanistan right now, and the Taliban’s crackdown on women and girls is steadily deepening. https://t.co/sJUthCohG6

[UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett @SR_Afghanistan]

I share @UNAMAnews concern about the grave ramifications of #Taliban “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice” and with other #UNspecialprocedures mandate holders am continuing to assess the law and its consequences for the human rights of all #Afghans More soon

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Afghan women are responding to the Taliban's ban on women speaking in public by launching a campaign and singing out loudly.

[Lynne O'Donnell @lynnekodonnell]

Normalising the extremes of any behaviour threatens everything in between. As it is with women's rights & behaviour in #Afghanistan, where a new normal is threatening the hard-won gains of #women across the globe https://t.co/MZEeUwaVMH

[Nargis Nehan @NehanNargis]

“Just for the record do your two daughters go to school?
Head of Taliban Office in Qatar - Of course they do.

This sums it all up. For their own daughters nothing is forbidden while for poor girls living in Afghanistan everything is forbidden.

[Morsal Saba @SabaMorsal]

@ZANTV Backwards "laws" in #Afghanistan

[Zan TV @ZANTV]

The Taliban Ministry of Justice has announced that Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group's leader, has enacted the "Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" law, which is now in effect in Afghanistan.

This law, consisting of a preamble, four chapters, and 35 articles, was published in the official gazette on Wednesday (August 21).

According to this law, covering the entire body of women is mandatory, and covering the face is considered necessary to "prevent fitna". Additionally, women's voices are deemed "awrah" and the Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, along with its enforcers, are responsible for implementing this law in accordance with Sharia and Hanafi jurisprudence.

Article 13 of the law is dedicated to the provisions related to women's hijab and includes clauses that emphasize the "necessity of covering the entire body of women" and that "women's voices (singing loudly, reciting naats, and recitation in public) are awrah." This article also states that women are obligated to conceal their bodies and faces from unrelated men and that the use of thin, short, and tight clothing is prohibited for them.

Read More: https://t.co/RfzPqQ8184'

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

"Where there are differences of view, constructive dialogue is the answer" - @SR_Afghanistan Richard Bennett urges Taliban to reverse decision barring his entry into #Afghanistan & vows to continue documenting human rights abuses in the country.

https://t.co/Jv1xz4mZs0

[Morsal Saba @SabaMorsal]

@SR_Afghanistan barred from #Afghanistan ? Truth is hard to accept for the #Taliban. The truth about the women's struggle in the ongoing gender apartheid says one thing to the world: #Taliban are continuing to build their state of lies.
Read more: https://t.co/S8pK35DBZS

[Jeff Rigsby @JeffRigsby2]

Afghanistan has one of the world's highest rates of childhood lead exposure, which causes permanent brain damage.

Nearly all children here have significant lead poisoning.

Researchers in the US have found the source of the lead. But nobody has told the Afghan public.

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