Statement by the Movement of Afghanistan Women in Exile in Response to the Forced Deportation of Afghan Refugees by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Statement by the Movement of Afghanistan Women in Exile in Response to the Forced Deportation of Afghan Refugees by the Islamic Republic of Iran

At a time when our country is under the complete control of the Taliban—where there is no space for safety, freedom, or human dignity—and Afghan women and girls are deprived of their most basic human rights, Iran's mass deportation of refugees is not only immoral and inhumane but also a blatant violation of international principles and obligations regarding the protection of asylum seekers and displaced persons. Thousands of Afghan women, men, and children who fled due to threats of violence, torture, gender-based persecution, and the stripping of their freedoms are now being forcibly returned to Afghanistan by the Iranian government—without any safe prospect of return. For them, especially women and girls, what awaits in Afghanistan is oppression, humiliation, repression, and often, death.

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