human rights defender
Tamana Zaryab Paryani
Actions and Campaigns
© Ingo Winkelströter (cropped)
Tamana Zaryab Paryani
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Mental health and trauma support
Security and protection in the host country
HRD's year of birth
1994
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Women's rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released on bail
HRD's bio and work
Tamana Zaryab Paryani is a prominent Afghan women's rights activist and former journalist who emerged as one of the first female voices protesting the Taliban’s return to power.
Born in Kabul in 1994, she has a background in journalism and law, and was a parliamentary candidate under the previous Afghan government. After the Taliban takeover in 2021, Tamana co-founded the Afghan Women’s Protest Movement and bravely led demonstrations demanding “Bread, Work, Freedom.”
In early 2022, she and her sisters were detained by the Taliban after a video of her pleading for help went viral. Held incommunicado for over a month, her case sparked international outcry. Despite repeated obstacles, she and her four sisters eventually escaped Afghanistan and found refuge in Germany.
Tamana remains a powerful symbol of resistance against gender-based oppression and continues her advocacy for women's rights in exile.
Detained since
Jan 19, 2022
Date of release
Feb 12, 2022
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
Sentence
Not sentenced – detained for several weeks and later released.
Latitude: 34.52316460618633
Longitude: 69.18775118356896
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 Intelligence
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
During detention, she were reportedly tortured and subjected to severe mistreatment, including beatings, forced ingestion of unknown substances, threats of sexual violence, and other forms of humiliation.
Recent case update / evolution
January–February 2022: Tamana Zaryab Paryani was arrested at her home by armed men on 19 January 2022, detained and reportedly tortured for approximately three weeks alongside her younger sisters, then released around 13–14 February 2022.
Any other relevant documents
https://ishr.ch/defender-stories/human-rights-defenders-story-tamana-zaryab-paryani-from-afghanistan/
https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C
https://sputnik.af/20220327/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B4-%D9%88-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-9694775.html
https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan-60303942
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/women-human-rights-defenders-tamana-zaryab-paryani-and-parwana-ibrahimkhel-abducted-and
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1994
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Journalist/Blogger
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Women's rights
- HRD's Picture
- Copyright
- Ingo Winkelströter (cropped)
- HRD's bio and work
Tamana Zaryab Paryani is a prominent Afghan women's rights activist and former journalist who emerged as one of the first female voices protesting the Taliban’s return to power.
Born in Kabul in 1994, she has a background in journalism and law, and was a parliamentary candidate under the previous Afghan government. After the Taliban takeover in 2021, Tamana co-founded the Afghan Women’s Protest Movement and bravely led demonstrations demanding “Bread, Work, Freedom.”
In early 2022, she and her sisters were detained by the Taliban after a video of her pleading for help went viral. Held incommunicado for over a month, her case sparked international outcry. Despite repeated obstacles, she and her four sisters eventually escaped Afghanistan and found refuge in Germany.
Tamana remains a powerful symbol of resistance against gender-based oppression and continues her advocacy for women's rights in exile.
- 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 Intelligence
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 34.52316460618633
Longitude: 69.18775118356896
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jan 19, 2022
- Current Status
- Released on bail
- Date of release
- Feb 12, 2022
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Sentence
Not sentenced – detained for several weeks and later released.
- Recent case update / evolution
January–February 2022: Tamana Zaryab Paryani was arrested at her home by armed men on 19 January 2022, detained and reportedly tortured for approximately three weeks alongside her younger sisters, then released around 13–14 February 2022.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
During detention, she were reportedly tortured and subjected to severe mistreatment, including beatings, forced ingestion of unknown substances, threats of sexual violence, and other forms of humiliation.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Mental health and trauma support
Security and protection in the host country
- Any other relevant documents
https://ishr.ch/defender-stories/human-rights-defenders-story-tamana-zaryab-paryani-from-afghanistan/
https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C
https://sputnik.af/20220327/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B4-%D9%88-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-9694775.html
https://www.bbc.com/persian/afghanistan-60303942
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/women-human-rights-defenders-tamana-zaryab-paryani-and-parwana-ibrahimkhel-abducted-and
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