Human rights activist Azeem Azeemi have been detained by the Taliban for organizing a protest against Pakistani national security adviser Moeed Yusuf’s visit to Kabul.
Besides Azeemi, three other activists were also detained. Azeemi publicized the scheduled demonstration and asked Taliban leaders to provide them with protection.
In this regard, Habib Khan, head of Afghan Peace Watch, in a tweet wrote that Taliban Detain Human Rights Activists Planning Protest of Pakistan Official’s Visit #ReleaseAzeem.
Taliban Detain Human Rights Activists Planning Protest of Pakistan Official’s Visit #ReleaseAzeem https://t.co/TvESP2PggW
— Habib Khan (@HabibKhanT) January 19, 2022
While talking to VOA Deewa, Habib Khan said that he was in contact with Azeemi and his friends moments before their arrest. “We are calling on (the) Taliban to release the arrested human rights activists,” Khan said in a phone interview. “Azeemi had made it clear that the protest was not against the Taliban; it was against Pakistan. But because (the) Taliban are Pakistan’s proxies, they cannot tolerate these kinds of protests.”
Since then, a hashtag has been trending on Twitter in Afghanistan was #releaseAzeem.
Azimi isn’t criminal. He only condemned his eternal enemy.#FreeAfghanistan#SanctionPakistan#ReleaseAzeem pic.twitter.com/IgfsKuOJcm
— Hassib Haidar ???????? (@hassib_haidar) January 18, 2022
Despite exodus of the part of population and despite Taliban’s brutally repressive and totally lawless misrule in the last five months, Afghan women in particular and Afghan youth in general have kept alive the flame of peaceful resistance.#ReleaseAzeem #FreeAfghanistan
— Afrasiab Khattak (@a_siab) January 18, 2022
Azeem Azeemi, the organizer of today’s anti-Pakistan and pro-freedom rally in Kabul has been abducted by the Taliban. #ReleaseAzeemAzeemi#ReleaseAzeem pic.twitter.com/pT9tAi9lM7
— Sameen Uddin (@UddinSameen) January 19, 2022
Like seriously??? #SanctionPakistan and #ReleaseAzeem is Trending right now in Pakistan ! It’s all those Afghan refugees who came to Pakistan 2 decades before to seek shelter and save their lives ! Settled here established their businesses earned here and sent home pic.twitter.com/vxA3swNcuL
— Arbaz Khan Tareen (@Arbazkhantareen) January 18, 2022
Pakistan is home to all sorts of terrorists. I support @Azeemazeemi1 on this movement, thousands of Afghans supporters him. This is not going to stop like this. #SanctionPakistan #ReleaseAzeem pic.twitter.com/f07s5alzJ1
— tabish_.official (@OMG_Its_Tabi) January 19, 2022
#ReleaseAzeem Taliban has detained human rights activist and his four colleagues for allegedly organizing peaceful protest against Pakistan’s interference in Afghanistan’s affairs/ Pakistan’s NSA visit to Kabul. We ask for their immediate release. @UNHumanRights @BBCWorld pic.twitter.com/J5elu16zgr
— Gulsahnga Noor (@Gulsahnga) January 18, 2022
