human rights defender
Bashir Hatif
Actions and Campaigns
Bashir Hatif
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal assistance Medical care Access to family visits
HRD's year of birth
1980
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (pre-trial)
HRD's bio and work
Bashir Hatif is an Afghan journalist with Zhwandoon TV and other outlets. He was first detained by the Taliban in April 2024 and again in September 2025, alongside Ahmad Shakib Nazari, in a wider crackdown on press freedom.
Detained since
Aug 24, 2025
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
Sentence
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Reports indicate forced confessions and deprivation of access to family and lawyers.
Latitude: 34.531189804628795
Longitude: 69.19571616882227
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Kabul
Location of detention - Facility
Directorate 40 of General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
Recent case update / evolution
Bashir Hatif remains in Taliban custody since late July 2025, accused of links to the Afghanistan Media Center. No charges or sentences have been announced. Rights groups (CPJ, IFJ, RSF) condemn his arbitrary detention, forced confessions, and lack of due process.
Any other relevant documents
https://www.afintl.com/en/202404066277
https://da.azadiradio.com/a/33495692.htm
https://www.awjnews.com/post/688ce2e99d1139a7607d5ffd?lang=fa
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1980
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Bashir Hatif is an Afghan journalist with Zhwandoon TV and other outlets. He was first detained by the Taliban in April 2024 and again in September 2025, alongside Ahmad Shakib Nazari, in a wider crackdown on press freedom.
- 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
- Directorate 40 of General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI)
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 34.531189804628795
Longitude: 69.19571616882227
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Aug 24, 2025
- Current Status
- In prison (pre-trial)
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Recent case update / evolution
Bashir Hatif remains in Taliban custody since late July 2025, accused of links to the Afghanistan Media Center. No charges or sentences have been announced. Rights groups (CPJ, IFJ, RSF) condemn his arbitrary detention, forced confessions, and lack of due process.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Reports indicate forced confessions and deprivation of access to family and lawyers.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Legal assistance Medical care Access to family visits
- Any other relevant documents
https://www.afintl.com/en/202404066277
https://da.azadiradio.com/a/33495692.htm
https://www.awjnews.com/post/688ce2e99d1139a7607d5ffd?lang=fa
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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