The Hasht-e Subh Daily has published a digital map of women’s prisons under Taliban control, making it accessible to the public on its website.
Unveiled today, Wednesday, August 21, 2024, this dynamic map was compiled using information from journalists, local sources, contacts within the Taliban prison system, female prisoners, and their families.
The map provides precise locations of detention centers and women’s prisons across various provinces. It also exposes previously hidden information suppressed by the Taliban, including the number of prisoners, the charges they face, and their access to family members.
In addition, the map highlights districts where the Taliban lack official women’s prisons but still arrest and detain women.
The digital map is available in Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and English on the Hasht-e Subh Daily website and will be updated as more details emerge.
This release comes as the Taliban escalated their violent actions and arrests of women. Since regaining power, the group has intensified its pressure on women, including detentions and imprisonments, while heavily censoring information about their actions.
As a result, many incidents of women’s arrests and imprisonment have remained hidden from the public due to a lack of critical information.
