human rights defender
Sultan Ali Rahimi
Actions and Campaigns
Sultan Ali Rahimi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal representation, urgent advocacy for his immediate and unconditional release, verification of his whereabouts and detention conditions.
Organization affiliation
- Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF)
HRD's year of birth
1985
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Children's rights
- Women's rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
Sultan Ali Rahimi is an Afghan human rights defender and the Deputy Director of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF). He has worked on women’s and children’s rights, legal research, advocacy, and awareness-raising, including efforts to address violence against women and strengthen access to justice. He has also contributed to research on women’s participation and rights in Afghanistan.
Detained since
Jun 21, 2026
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
Latitude: 34.49750272138162
Longitude: 69.19189453125001
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Kabul
Location of detention - Facility
40th Directorate of Intelligence Agency in Kabul
Recent case update / evolution
Sultan Ali Rahimi remains detained by Taliban intelligence forces. No official information regarding his charges, legal proceedings, sentence, or current place of detention has been made public. His family and colleagues are seeking information about his whereabouts and advocating for his release.
Any other relevant documents
https://amu.tv/fa/249474/
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1985
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Children's rights
- Women's rights
- Organization affiliation
- Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF)
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Sultan Ali Rahimi is an Afghan human rights defender and the Deputy Director of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF). He has worked on women’s and children’s rights, legal research, advocacy, and awareness-raising, including efforts to address violence against women and strengthen access to justice. He has also contributed to research on women’s participation and rights in Afghanistan.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Kabul
- Location of detention - Facility
- 40th Directorate of Intelligence Agency in Kabul
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 34.49750272138162
Longitude: 69.19189453125001
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jun 21, 2026
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Recent case update / evolution
Sultan Ali Rahimi remains detained by Taliban intelligence forces. No official information regarding his charges, legal proceedings, sentence, or current place of detention has been made public. His family and colleagues are seeking information about his whereabouts and advocating for his release.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Legal representation, urgent advocacy for his immediate and unconditional release, verification of his whereabouts and detention conditions.
- Any other relevant documents
https://amu.tv/fa/249474/
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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