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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · 3d

There are very rare wins for survivors and activists in the current climate. Uplifting to see the establishment of an independent investigative mechanism for #Afghanistan following over 4.5 years of advocacy by Afghan & international civil society. Unsurprisingly, the US has always been opposed.

Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · 3d

Rawadari welcomes the establishment of the independent investigative mechanism on Afghanistan that will collect evidence of international crimes and most serious violations of international law.

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · 8d

My country is made offline and for tens of thousands of young women who connected to learning, to hope, to community, to aspirations through Internet, all of that is gone by the orders of a small group of tyrannical, fearful men. #Afghanistan

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · 12d

10 Days to People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan

afghanistantribunal.com

#AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · 17d

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · 13d

Joint Civil Society Statement Marking the One Year Anniversary of the Announcement of a Legal Initiative to Hold Afghanistan Accountable Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 19d

Four years after the Taliban’s return, Afghan women live under what many call gender apartheid.

As the crackdown deepens, SHAHARZAD AKBAR (@shaharzadakbar.bsky.social) argues that international accountability is essential.

Our weekly editorial:

verfassungsblog.de/editorial-af...

Quote: „All accountability efforts must be reinforced to prevent the normalization of the Taliban both inside and outside Afghanistan.“

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jawednader.bsky.social @jawednader.bsky.social · 24d

The story of three young women in Afghanistan, who are so different in many ways, but also share the same real challenges, and uncertainties that all women in Afghanistan do! Such a powerful podcast.
www.economist.com/podcasts/202...

Studying in the shadows

How the Taliban transformed women’s education from a path forward into a path out

www.economist.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Today the United Nations commission that I lead is publishing its legal analysis of Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip,” Navi Pillay writes in a guest essay. “Our conclusion is stark: Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”

Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded that Israel is guilty of the “crime of crimes” in Gaza.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 29d

What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world.

Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop.

EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner.

But of course, Europe needs to do more.

Here are measures for a way forward ↓

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · Sep 8

#KeepEyesOnSudan

World Politics Review @wpr.bsky.social · Sep 8

In Sudan, the besieged city of El-Fasher is on the brink of famine.

The test for the international community is brutally simple: Either it can still stop a foreseeable atrocity, or it cannot, Yasir Zaidan writes.

The World Has a Fleeting Chance to Avert a Catastrophe in Sudan

The besieged city of El-Fasher is on the brink of famine. A nightmare scenario could be averted through international action.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Aug 31

The report covers the state of women’s rights, the rights of marginalized and vulnerable ethnic and religious communities as well as major violations of civil and political rights.

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Aug 29

A little bit of good news for Afghanistan

Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Aug 29

Good news for Afghanistan. Rawadari is proud to have been a small part of this effort along with other Afghan and Afghan-American organizations.

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In Victory for Afghan People, U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds Can’t Be Used to Satisfy Judgments Against Taliban

August 27, New York – Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that $3.5 billion in blocked Afghan assets cannot be used to satisfy 9/11 judgments and other cases

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Aug 29

Good news for Afghanistan. Rawadari is proud to have been a small part of this effort along with other Afghan and Afghan-American organizations.

ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

In Victory for Afghan People, U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds Can’t Be Used to Satisfy Judgments Against Taliban

August 27, New York – Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that $3.5 billion in blocked Afghan assets cannot be used to satisfy 9/11 judgments and other cases

ccrjustice.org

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sign the petition and join this call for holding Taliban accountable for violations of women’s rights. Germany 🇩🇪, Australia 🇦🇺, Canada 🇨🇦, and the Netherlands 🇳🇱
announced an initiative to hold hashtag#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 accountable for violations of CEDAW last year.

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

If we can’t speak, why live?

The Taliban is trying to erase women. But last year, a group of countries vowed to hold Afghanistan accountable, possibly even at the world’s top court. Join the global call for justice now – urge the...

secure.avaaz.org

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please sign this and push Germany, Canada, Auatralia and the Netherlands to take concrete action on their commitment to women’s rights and women of Afghansitan: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

If we can’t speak, why live?

The Taliban is trying to erase women. But last year, a group of countries vowed to hold Afghanistan accountable, possibly even at the world’s top court. Join the global call for justice now – urge the...

secure.avaaz.org

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Aug 27

Women without a mahram (male chaperone) can’t eat in restaurants, use public transport or travel within or outside the country. Drivers who transport women without mahram are arrested & interrogated. In case you forgot what Afghanistan’s gender apartheid looks like.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Aug 26

Mariam had donated one of her kidneys to her father. She was an exceptionally generous and selfless woman known throughout our community for her deep compassion and steadfastness. She rushed to the scene and to her own slaughter. Criminal and abhorrent.

Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Aug 26

Gaza journalist Mariam Abu Dagga "was kind, gentle and deeply passionate about her work. She had lost her mother and her closest colleague, Abu Anas, yet she never stopped covering the war for even a single day,” Samaheer Farhan said.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Mariam Abu Dagga: Gaza journalist killed in Israeli strike ‘carried her camera into the heart of the field’

The 33-year-old photojournalist committed to conveying suffering of civilians with ‘rare honesty and courage’

www.theguardian.com

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nowhere is safe in Gaza. Children and families need urgent access to aid at scale and a permanent ceasefire.

In Gaza an average of 28 children - the size of a classroom - have been killed in the last 22 months.

#CEASEFIRENOW.

@unicef.org

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Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Aug 15

[1/2] Four Years of Taliban Rule: Women of Afghanistan continue the struggle for rights and justice.

“We call on Afghan civil society organizations to act with greater unity and coordination to strengthen a broad, civic, people-centred resistance against rawadari.org/s/ch

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Aunohita Mojumdar @aunohita.bsky.social · Aug 7

Important initiative by Afghan civil society. I have followed the work of many of the organisations and individuals involved from my time in Afghanistan. #Afghanistan

Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Jul 31

Years of dreaming, research & consultation followed by months of collective work with the broader Afghan civic community & here we are: launching the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan @rawadari.bsky.social

Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Jul 31

An initiative for justice by Afghan civil society for women and girls of Afghanistan: launch of the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan. Read more here:

rawadari.org/press_releas...

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Aug 6

What a devastation to live in a world that allows all this to happen

Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 6

Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines reut.rs/4m4q5vR

Terrible thirst hits Gaza with polluted aquifers and broken pipelines

Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water - a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy.

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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · Jul 31

Slovenia bans import, export and transit of weapons to and from Israel

"In such circumstances, it is the duty of every responsible state to take action, even if it means taking a step ahead of others" 🇸🇮

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Shaharzad Akbar شهرزاد اکبر @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social · Jul 31

Years of dreaming, research & consultation followed by months of collective work with the broader Afghan civic community & here we are: launching the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan @rawadari.bsky.social

Rawadari @rawadari.bsky.social · Jul 31

An initiative for justice by Afghan civil society for women and girls of Afghanistan: launch of the first People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan. Read more here:

rawadari.org/press_releas...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Jul 29

1. BREAKING

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK will recognize Palestine as a state in September unless the Israeli government agrees to a long-term ceasefire and rectifies the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, among other demands.

(Second part of clip in next post)

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