Women’s rights activists in Baghlan have called on UNAMA to prevent the handover of Qadriya, a female prisoner and victim of domestic violence, to her father. They said the Taliban have decided to hand her over to her father, who had previously called for her death.
On Saturday, women’s rights activists in Baghlan sent a letter to the United Nations office in Kabul, urging the organization to use all available means to protect Qadriya and to provide her with safe accommodation.
Local sources told that the Taliban handed Qadriya over to her father on Saturday. Previously, in a video from Taliban prison, she said that if returned to her father, she would be killed.
The letter states:
“We received an audio file from inside the prison, belonging to Qadriya. In the recording, her voice is filled with fear and desperation as she pleads with human rights defenders for help. She says she has previously been tortured by her father, and that he was the first person to demand her stoning.”
In part of the video, Qadriya says she would prefer to remain in Taliban custody until a safe place is arranged for her, rather than returning to her father’s home.
The activists emphasized that the Taliban have decided to release Qadriya under her father’s guarantee. The letter continues, stating that her father is the same person who “previously called for his daughter’s death.”
They called on the United Nations to act immediately due to the threat Qadriya faces.
Part of the letter reads:
“On July 27, 2023, the Taliban’s local government in Baghlan announced that two individuals named Qadriya and Atiq would be stoned in public for alleged illicit relations.”
In a video recently received by Afghanistan International, Qadriya says that two years ago, her father filed a complaint against her in a Taliban court and demanded she be stoned. Qadriya explained that at the time, she had fled to her sister’s house in Kabul to escape domestic violence at her father’s home.