{"id":2899,"date":"2021-08-18T12:48:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2021-08-18T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:49:07","slug":"afghanistan-open-letter-to-foreign-affairs-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/2021\/08\/18\/afghanistan-open-letter-to-foreign-affairs-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Open letter to Foreign Affairs Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights defenders, civil society members, and journalists are at risk in Afghanistan. We&#8217;re joining with the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the International Federation for Human Rights, and the World Organization Against Torture in urging States and Foreign Affairs Ministers to protect these individuals and support their human rights work by providing asylum and halting repatriation or deportation processes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Afghanistan_160821_EN-1.pdf\">Click here to download the open letter.<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/achrs.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Afghanistan_160821_EN-1.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Afghanistan 160821 EN (1)<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights defenders, civil society members, and journalists are at risk in Afghanistan. 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