UN Rights Envoy Urges Release of Detained Journalist and Female Sports Coach in Afghanistan

The UN human rights rapporteur for Afghanistan called for the immediate release of a journalist and a female sports coach detained by authorities.

The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has called for the immediate release of two women detained in separate incidents in northern and western Afghanistan.

In a post on X on Saturday, Bennett said he was deeply concerned about the arrest of a female journalist in Kunduz and a female taekwondo coach in Herat...