AFGHANISTAN: Journalist fängslad

I oktober 2024 greps den 27-åriga journalisten Mahdi Ansari i Afghanistan. Han har dömts till ett och ett halvt års fängelse, anklagad för att ha spridit propaganda genom sitt journalistiska arbete och via Facebook-inlägg. Under sin tid i fängelse har Mahdi Ansari utsatts för misshandel och isolerats. Hans mentala hälsa har försämrats och han har nekats regelbundna familjebesök.

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Mr. Abdul Haq Wasiq Director of Intelligence
General Directorate of Intelligence
Chaharahi Zanbaq
Kabul,
Afghanistan

Email: [email protected]

Dear Mr. Abdul Haq Wasiq,

I am writing to express my concern about the arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist Mahdi Ansari. On 1 January 2025, Mahdi Ansari was unfairly tried at the Taliban court in Kabul, Mahdi Ansari’s detention and conviction is in clear violation of his rights to freedom of expression and fair trial guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Afghanistan is a state party. I therefore urge you to: Immediately and unconditionally release Mahdi Ansari; Ensure that, until his release, he has access to healthcare, legal representation, and family visits; Stop the practices of arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment.

Yours sincerely,

DATUM: Skriv före 4 maj 2025