Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 07 Nov 2021, 11:36 pm Print
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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif.
"UNAMA is deeply concerned at reports of killing of human rights defenders Frozan Safi in Mazar-e Sharif & Hijratullah Khogyani in Jalalabad. UN calls for a prompt, independent & impartial investigation. Civil society is not a target, impunity is not an option," UNAMA tweeted.
Frozan Safi was shot dead in Afghanistan recently, marking the killing of the first well-known women’s rights defender since the Taliban forcefully captured power almost three months ago.
UNAMA is deeply concerned at reports of killing of human rights defenders Frozan Safi in Mazar-e Sharif & Hijratullah Khogyani in Jalalabad. UN calls for a prompt, independent & impartial investigation. Civil society is not a target, impunity is not an option. pic.twitter.com/opYUObQbK8
— UNAMA News (@UNAMAnews) November 7, 2021
Safi went missing on Oct 20.
She was identified in a morgue in Mazar-i-Sharif.
“We recognised her by her clothes. Bullets had destroyed her face,” Safi’s sister, Rita, who is a doctor, told The Guardian.
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