Women & Human Rights
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UN experts call for the release of prominent education advocate from prison
Bayan News – United Nations experts have issued a joint statement urging the Taliban to immediately release Fahim Azimi, a…
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Senior Taliban Officials: We Have Secured Women’s Fundamental Rights
Bayan News – Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister, and Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Minister of Interior, addressed the issue…
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Messi Ali-Nejad invites prominent American women to join the global campaign against gender apartheid
Bayan News – Messi Ali-Nejad, a women’s rights activist, has invited Michelle Obama, television host Oprah Winfrey, and American Senator…
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Bayan News – Human rights organizations have reported the execution of four Afghan prisoners in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on…
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Malala Yousafzai and Lawrence call for international pressure on the Taliban
Bayan News – Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and Oscar winner, have called on…
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US Representative at the United Nations: World’s Efforts to Improve the Situation of Women in Afghanistan Have Not Yielded Results
Bayan News – Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the permanent representative of the United States at the United Nations, described the global community’s…
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UN Report: Women Entrepreneurs are Pillars of Economic Stability in Afghanistan
Bayan News – The United Nations Development Program has released a report stating that over the past three years, it…
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US State Department: Taliban legitimacy depends on women’s rights
Bayan News – Ned Price, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, says that if restrictions against women and girls…
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Narges Mohammadi and the Prime Minister of Qatar Among Time Magazine’s 100 Influential Faces
Bayan News – Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist and political prisoner in Iran, Alia Bhatt, an Indian actress, and…
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Presidential Medal of Courage Awarded to Afghan Women Protesters
Bayan News – International media have reported that the Presidential Medal of Courage of Kosovo has been awarded to Afghan…
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