Afghan women have spoken. In our latest podcast, Afghan Women Spoke: A People’s Tribunal listened, @rachelreid.bsky.social shares stories of courage, testimony, and finally accountability – the Tribunal’s verdict. A powerful listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... #Afghanistan #WomensRights”

⚠️ Update: It's now 8:00 am in #Iran where the sun is rising after another night of protests met with repression; metrics show the nationwide internet blackout remains in place at 36 hours, severely limiting Iranians' ability to check on the safety of friends and loved ones 📵

“They are killing us. They’re showing no mercy. In Kermanshah, we’ve all come out, we’re all under pressure. At noon in the square they beat a woman so badly she couldn’t stand up. I’m begging all the people of Iran, let’s all rise up together” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.

2 days into 2026 and the US is bombing another nation. The forever war mongers

In 2025, Rawadari strengthened its networks inside Afghanistan and among the human rights community in exile, improved its monitoring and documentation capacity with new tools, formed new partnerships and co-organized the first PTWA rawadari.org/wp-content/u...

the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.

@rawadari.bsky.social ‘s report on human rights situation of Ismailis covered here @hasibtareen.bsky.social

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g

🇦🇫 #Afghanistan [interview] - Richard Bennett*: “If you applied to gender the language that defines apartheid, it applies to Afghanistan”. * UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan #GenderApartheid #HumanRights www.justiceinfo.net/en/153634-ri...

Richard Bennett: "There are at least two ways of making gender apartheid an international crime. One is by amending the Rome Statute*, and the other is by including it in a new treaty on crimes against humanity, which is currently being negotiated at the UN in New York." #GenderApartheid

This report is a reminder that justice doesn’t only live in courtrooms. Afghan women created their own space for truth, dignity, and accountability. @rachelreid.bsky.social reports on the historic verdict of the People's Tribunal. bit.ly/4rWIMVm #GenderJustice #Afghanistan

دهمین سالیاد پدر. رادا بخشی از کتاب سرگذشت و چشم دیدها را در مورد موسیقی شش مقام و محافل موسیقی خانگی در شمال افغانستان می خواند. به یمن پدر، موسیقی بخش مهم کودکی ما نیز بود و بزرگان خرابات و موسیقی دانان برجسته نام های آشنا برای ما بودند. ‏سرگذشت و چشم‌ دیدها. جلد نخست. ص ۲۴۵

دهمین سالیاد پدر. اینجا متنی از کتاب سرگذشت و چشم دیدها را در مورد فضای اجتماعی و‌ سیاسی ۵۵ سال قبل در میان گروه های سیاسی افغانستان می خوانم که توصیفش از اتهام زنی ها، شایعه پراگنی ها و برچسب زدن ها متاسفانه خیلی آشناست. جلد نخست. ص ۱۰۹

Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA. We're holding X accountable for: 🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’ 🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository 🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers link.europa.eu/bcmC87

دهمین سالیاد پدر. زبیده بریده ای از کتاب سرگذشت و چشم دیدها را در مورد زنان افسانه سرا و جایگاه زنان در افسانه های کودکی پدر می خواند. پدر در کودکی ما را با صدها کتاب، مجله و فیلم در مورد زنان تاثیرگذار آشنا کرد و بر سهم عظیم زنان در بشریت همواره تاکید می کرد. سرگذشت و چشم دیدها.اسماعیل اکبر.

دهمین سالیاد پدر. نورجهان بریده ای از کتاب راه آینده را در مورد عرفان و تصوف می خواند. پدر دریچه های جهان ها را به ما گشود. او ما را از کودکی با شعر، ادب و موسیقی صوفیانه آشنا کرد. ما همیشه بهره مند از این میراث عظیم زیبایی و مدارا خواهیم ماند. ‏راه آینده. محمد اسماعیل اکبر. ص ۵۷

امروز دهمین سالیاد پدرم اسماعیل اکبر است. اینجا خواهرم فاطمه بریده ای از کتاب خاطرات پدر را می خواند. این بخش در مورد شهر کهنه آقچه، زادگاه من است.

#TransitionalJustice - “If the U.S. is serious about learning from Afghanistan, it must start by confronting the legacy of impunity it left behind.” - Huma Saeed (human rights activist / transitional justice expert)

A conversation about civilian protection, civilian harm, legacy of international forces, impunity and international law, drawing on Afghanistan's context with Katharine Fortin, Florian Weigand and Thomas Gregory

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies”

“What was striking, however, was that throughout the hearings—a space so steeped in feminist praxis, solidarity, and scholarship—the word ‘feminism’ was rarely uttered. Yet, its absence only underscored its presence” @kalikamehta.bsky.social on People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan

#Sudan: UN experts horrified by scale & brutality of RSF crimes & sadistic levels of sexual violence in El Fasher. RSF's ethnically targeted crimes clearly "done with intent of terrorizing, displacing & destroying them in whole or in part." 👇 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide

The BBC visits an IDF outpost on the eastern edge of Gaza City: “The Gaza of maps and memories is gone, replaced by a monochrome landscape of rubble stretching flat and still for 180 degrees…there's almost nothing left to orient you here or identify the neighbourhoods.”

Loved speaking to @janethanderson.bsky.social and @svdberg.bsky.social about accountability pathways for Afghanistan, opportunities and limitations. Thank you for having me on. Very excited to have been on @asymmetricalh.bsky.social. Was nervous tbh

We ask whether gender justice getting more likely with all the new accountability processes for Afghanistan. That's out tomorrow. With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social speaking with @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social or @rawadari.bsky.social with support from @justiceinfo.bsky.social

Terrible women's rights news from Iraq: "The new Personal Status Code further institutionalizes discrimination against women, legally relegating them to second class citizens. It takes away women’s and girls’ agency over their lives and instead gives it to men. It should be repealed immediately."

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Organizing and being part of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan has been among the most moving experiences in my professional life. Here on Women’s Hour, I spoke about the courage of survivors & what the tribunal hopes to achieve (at 17 minutes) open.spotify.com/episode/4iHx...

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.

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

10 Days to People's Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan afghanistantribunal.com #AfghanistanPT #AFGPT #AfghanistanTribunal

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) rawadari.org/s/dn

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...

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...

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.”

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 ↓

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.

A little bit of good news for Afghanistan

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...

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/...

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/...

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.