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Acknowledgement The author extends his gratitude to all Afghanistan’s HRDs, for allocating their time to have shared their invaluable insights and lived journeys from exile during interview and focus group session. The author also acknowledges and appreciates several representatives from donor communities and INGOs who devoted their time to have reflected on their great experiences in support of Afghanistan’s HRDs in exile. Their contributions have greatly enriched this study. List of Acronyms CSOs Civil Society Organisations EU European Union FORUM-ASIA Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development HRDs Human Rights Defenders ICC International Criminal Court ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights INGOs International Non-Governmental Organisations IOM International Organisation for Migration ISKP Islamic State of Khorasan Province LGBTQIA+ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex MVV Ministry of Vice and Virtue NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations USA United States of America UN United Nations UNAMA United Nations Assistance Missions Afghanistan UNHCR United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees WHRDs Women Human Rights Defenders 3

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Afghanistan’s HRD in Exile: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities

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Description: Over three years after the Taliban takeover of the country, Afghanistan human rights defenders (HRDs) and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) face significant and unprecedented challenges. Those who are living inside Afghanistan are not only restricted from continuing their human rights work, but also live under constant threats to their safety due to the Taliban’s intensified violence and harassment. In particular, WHRDs grapple with the Taliban’s misogynistic policies, targeting them with systematic persecution and discrimination, resulting in the deprivation of their basic rights that amounts to gender apartheid.

After 15 August 2021, many defenders have been forced into hiding or have managed to flee the country for their survival. Those who sought refuge in transit countries – mainly Iran and Pakistan – face innumerable risks such as deportation, harassment, and economic constraints to their livelihood. Meanwhile, those defenders settled in western countries benefit from a comparatively greater security, while still facing their own set of difficulties, including concerns about their overall well-being and the lack of a long-term support system to sustain their human rights work while in exile.

Against this backdrop, this research illustrates the circumstances of Afghanistan’s HRDs both inside and outside Afghanistan, exploring the main problems that they face, their needs, as well as opportunities for resuming or continuing their work. With the aim to support to the Afghanistan human rights movement including through its diaspora groups, the research also provides workable recommendations to various stakeholders who are positioned to fulfill the needs of Afghanistan defenders. https://forum-asia.org/exilehrd/

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Research on transnational repression (general)

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