The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month after protests over women's rights since the Taliban seized control.
The OHCHR said there was no news about the whereabouts of the four women, who it said reportedly took part in a protest on women's rights on Jan. 16, and added it was pressing the authorities for information on these cases.
"We call for their immediate release," Liz Throssell, an OHCHR spokesperson, told Geneva-based journalists. "We are gravely concerned for the safety of the disappeared women and their family members."
