human rights defender
Sultan Ali Ziaee
Actions and Campaigns
Sultan Ali Ziaee
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
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.
Organization affiliation
- Roshanah-ye Omid Afghanistan Social Organization
HRD's year of birth
1994
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- NGO member
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
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.
Detained since
Jan 7, 2023
Date of release
Apr 17, 2023
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
Sentence
He was detained without a formal judicial sentence
Latitude: 34.52836134534272
Longitude: 69.19633799586286
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Kabul
Location of detention - Facility
Detention Center of GDI
Recent case update / evolution
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.
Any other relevant documents
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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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1994
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
- Organization affiliation
- Roshanah-ye Omid Afghanistan Social Organization
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
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.
- 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
- Detention Center of GDI
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 34.52836134534272
Longitude: 69.19633799586286
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jan 7, 2023
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Apr 17, 2023
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Sentence
He was detained without a formal judicial sentence
- Recent case update / evolution
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.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
- Severe and unbearable torture
- Humiliation and insults
- Torture aimed at forcing him to disclose the addresses of his colleagues
- Numerous other forms of physical and psychological abuse
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
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.
- Any other relevant documents
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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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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