OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS

UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva that “a number of de facto security officials” had disrupted a press conference by a women’s civil society organisation in Afghanistan “arresting one woman, Zarifa Yaqobi, and four of her male colleagues.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:11
• Production Date: 4 November 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2976858
• Parent Id: 2976858
• Alternate Title: unifeed221104e

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STORY: OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 02:11
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE 04 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations

04 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We have received deeply worrying reports that yesterday (Thursday) afternoon in Kabul, a number of de facto security officials disrupted a press conference by a women’s civil society organisation, arresting one woman, Zarifa Yaqobi, and four of her male colleagues. Sources report that police officers detained the remaining female participants in the press conference room for about an hour. They reportedly conducted body searches and examined the women’s phones, before releasing them.”
4. Med shot, Laurence speaking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Zarifa Yaqobi and the four male colleagues remain in detention. We are concerned about the welfare of these five individuals and have sought information from the de facto authorities regarding their detention.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“All Afghans have the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and opinion, without fear of arrest or intimidation. We urge the de facto authorities to respect these rights.”
8. Med shot, journalists
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Afghanistan as a State remains a party to a number of core international human rights treaties and conventions, including the Convention against Torture. We call on the de facto authorities to respect the rights of all those in detention.”
10. Wide shot, press room

Storyline

UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence today (4 Nov) told reporters in Geneva that “a number of de facto security officials” had disrupted a press conference by a women’s civil society organisation in Afghanistan “arresting one woman, Zarifa Yaqobi, and four of her male colleagues.”

Laurence said, “Zarifa Yaqobi and the four male colleagues remain in detention. We are concerned about the welfare of these five individuals and have sought information from the de facto authorities regarding their detention.”

The spokesperson noted that “all Afghans have the right to peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and opinion, without fear of arrest or intimidation. We urge the de facto authorities to respect these rights.”

Laurence said, “Afghanistan as a State remains a party to a number of core international human rights treaties and conventions, including the Convention against Torture. We call on the de facto authorities to respect the rights of all those in detention.”