along with Taliban set up Install their own unelected government Reign in a few days Afghanistan, A Canadian advocacy group fears that terrorist organizations may begin to target those who criticize the Taliban’s actions.
The Toronto-based human rights journalist helped coordinate the evacuation of Afghan journalists from the besieged country.
Although they helped fund the evacuation, they acted as a gateway for Afghan journalists to contact the correct authorities. So far, they have organized with the governments of Canada, Qatar and Ukraine to evacuate 46 people from Afghanistan to neighboring countries. At least five people have gone to Canada.
“These people are obvious to all,” said Rachel Pulfer, executive director of human rights journalists. “As we all know, they have been publicly criticizing the actions of the Taliban.”
Although Pulfer and her team have been working around the clock to ensure that funds can help families who have assisted Canadian journalists or worked as journalists in the country themselves, many families are still in trouble.
“We have at least 260 more to be processed-this number is rising every day,” Pulfer said.
Since the United States began its full withdrawal from Afghanistan, it has allowed the Taliban to seize control and overthrow the Afghan government.
After the United States announced its withdrawal, the Taliban took control of the Taliban. The Taliban took over the 20-year war in the country. Witnessed the deaths of more than 100,000 people And trillions of dollars in spending.
Fear of aiming, revenge
July 15th, award-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was shot and killed by Taliban members in Afghanistan. Siddiqui worked for Reuters and his colleagues reported that he was killed After being left After the conflict between Afghan special forces and the Taliban.
Indian government officials and Afghan security officials said they believed that Siddiqui’s body was mutilated during detention by the Taliban. The terrorist organization denied these claims.
The violence against journalists disturbed Pulfer. In the past few weeks, members of her team have stated that journalists trapped in Afghanistan have been threatened, beaten and shot.
“These people are being hunted down,” she said. “We don’t have enough time.”
As far as these reporters are concerned, Pulfer believes that Canada and other countries’ immigration provisions need to be more flexible. She pointed out that the Canadian government, especially the Minister of Immigration Marco Mendicino, has “strengthened” after having the opportunity to cooperate with the Qatar government to provide safe exports.
“We need to provide flexible terms to allow these people to go where they need to go, whether in Canada or elsewhere,” Purfer said.
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Pulfer has worked in war-torn countries such as Mali, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She said she has never seen what is happening in Afghanistan.
“In terms of the cynicism of the results, this is the worst situation I have ever seen.”
The organization is now calling on neighboring countries such as Pakistan to keep their borders open, and asking them to exert influence and requiring journalists to pass safely. But more importantly, Purfer believes that the way forward will be when the state in power holds the Taliban accountable. The organization stated that they will provide free access to safety for those who want to leave.
“Everyone needs to make them stick to what they have been saying to do.”
The Human Rights News Program continues to work hard. The organization requires fReady to reach their goal of $1,000,000 Continue to support efforts to evacuate journalists from Kabul.
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