human rights defender
Sultan Ali Ziaee
Actions and Campaigns
human rights defender
Actions and Campaigns
Sultan Ali Ziaei requires immediate medical attention due to severe back problems caused by torture, which cause constant pain. He also suffers from internal injuries and psychological trauma resulting from the torture, requiring urgent treatment and care.
1994
Man
Urban
Released
Sultan Ali Ziaei, born in 1994 in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, is a human rights defender focused on women’s rights, the right to education, and youth empowerment. Between 2015 and 2020, he organized educational and book-reading activities for girls and boys, including in areas under Taliban control.
In 2020, he founded and became head of the Roshanah-ye Omid Afghanistan Social Organization in Kabul, an inclusive organization involving youth from 20 Afghan provinces.
After the Taliban takeover, he continued advocacy for women’s right to education and work. He was arrested on January 7, 2023, detained for three months and fifteen days, and subjected to severe physical and psychological torture.
Following mediation by the United Nations, human rights organizations, and local elders, he was released.
Jan 7, 2023
Apr 17, 2023
He was detained without a formal judicial sentence
Latitude: 34.52836134534272
Longitude: 69.19633799586286
Kabul
Detention Center of GDI
Sultan Ali Ziaei was released on April 17, 2023, after 3 months and 15 days of detention, following severe physical and psychological torture. His release was secured through the intervention of the United Nations, human rights organizations, and local elders.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/un-rights-office-calls-for-immediate-release-of-all-arbitrarily-detained-in-afghanistan/2858710
https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/feb-april_2023_update_on_the_human_rights_situation_in_afghanistan_english_0.pdf
https://www.ohchr.org/fr/statements/2023/03/comment-un-human-rights-spokesperson-jeremy-laurence-afghanistan
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Sultan Ali Ziaei, born in 1994 in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province, Afghanistan, is a human rights defender focused on women’s rights, the right to education, and youth empowerment. Between 2015 and 2020, he organized educational and book-reading activities for girls and boys, including in areas under Taliban control.
In 2020, he founded and became head of the Roshanah-ye Omid Afghanistan Social Organization in Kabul, an inclusive organization involving youth from 20 Afghan provinces.
After the Taliban takeover, he continued advocacy for women’s right to education and work. He was arrested on January 7, 2023, detained for three months and fifteen days, and subjected to severe physical and psychological torture.
Following mediation by the United Nations, human rights organizations, and local elders, he was released.
Latitude: 34.52836134534272
Longitude: 69.19633799586286
He was detained without a formal judicial sentence
Sultan Ali Ziaei was released on April 17, 2023, after 3 months and 15 days of detention, following severe physical and psychological torture. His release was secured through the intervention of the United Nations, human rights organizations, and local elders.
Sultan Ali Ziaei requires immediate medical attention due to severe back problems caused by torture, which cause constant pain. He also suffers from internal injuries and psychological trauma resulting from the torture, requiring urgent treatment and care.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/un-rights-office-calls-for-immediate-release-of-all-arbitrarily-detained-in-afghanistan/2858710
https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/feb-april_2023_update_on_the_human_rights_situation_in_afghanistan_english_0.pdf
https://www.ohchr.org/fr/statements/2023/03/comment-un-human-rights-spokesperson-jeremy-laurence-afghanistan