Afghani Women's Rights Activist Murdered in Kabul

Mena Mangal, an Afghani journalist, former TV presenter, adviser, and human rights activist was gunned down in broad daylight in the Afghanistan capital city of Kabul as she was on her way to work.  Her life had been repeatedly threatened, but the Afghani authorities did not increase security despite her sharing the threats she was receiving on social media.  Though the rights of women have increased ever since the Taliban was driven from power by U.S. led Coalition Forces, women are still repressed and the lives of women's rights activists are still in grave danger.  

 Women who are campaigning for more rights or are simply trying to live a life beyond that status quo set by the Taliban have been frequently targeted for attack and murder.  Unfortunately, Afghanistan is not the only place in the world where women face death for fighting for their rights.  In Iran, many women's rights activists and protesters have been rounded up by authorities and killed.  In nations like Yemen, girls as young as nine have been married off against their will.  In Pakistan, girls schools have been bombed and children shot by Taliban supporters if they try to go to school.  Mena Mangal has become the latest victim of many who have paid the ultimate price for trying to advance the rights of women in nations where Sharia Law denies them even the most basic human rights.  


Sources

Aaro, David.  "Prominent Journalist Who Feared for Her Life Shot and Killed in Afghanistan."  Fox News.  May 12, 2019.  Accessed from https://www.foxnews.com/world/journalist-who-feared-for-her-life-shot-and-killed-in-afghanistan.

Popalzai, Ehsan, Jennifer Hauser, and Eliza Mackintosh.  "Mina Mangal, Afghan Journalist, Killed in Kabul."  CNN.  May 12, 2019.  Accessed from https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/12/middleeast/mina-mangal-killed-kabul-intl/index.html

"Mena Mangal: Journalist and Political Adviser Shot Dead in Afghanistan."  The Guardian.  May 12, 2019.  Accessed from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/11/afghan-journalist-mena-mangal-shot-dead-in-kabul.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hamas Invasion of Israel

Image
The brutal invasion of Israel by Hamas caught the entire world by surprise.  Over the last few years Israel has become accustomed to turning back rocket attacks and occasional cross-border raids by Hamas terrorists, but nobody anticipated this brutal full-out invasion.  Already being dubbed as "Israel's 9/11," militants stormed across the Gaza border and attacked towns across southern Israel.  Already over 900 Israelis are confirmed dead, thousands more wounded, and over 100 hostages, including women & children, have been taken back to Gaza ( Video Footage of Massacres ).   Israeli Woman Taken Hostage by Hamas The deadliest massacre so far took place at the Nova Music Festival in the Negev Desert close to Urim, a Jewish community that lives close to the Gaza Strip.  At 6am on Oct. 7th, the attack on the festival began as rockets rained down and Hamas gunmen appeared and opened fire.  As of now over 260 Israelis are confirmed dead from this attack alone with a number o
Read more

Palestinian Arabs Confess that Arab Leaders Created the Palestinian Refugees

Image
Former PLO Terrorist Tass Saada was born  in a tent in a refugee camp in Gaza City in 1951.   Prior to the outbreak of the 1948 War, his father co-owned an Orange Grove in Jaffa with a Jewish friend and business partner.  When the 1948 War broke out, his father's friend and business partner begged him not to leave, pleading with him to stay and wait until the fighting ended to make his decision.   Unfortunately, Tass's father followed the orders of the Arab governments of Jordan, Syria, & Egypt and “stepped aside” so the Arab League could drive the Zionists into the sea.   These leaders told the "Palestinian Arabs via radio, leaflets, and numerous other outlets to leave their homes and make room for the Arab combat legions to get through, assuring them that they would return to their homes after their victory.   As a result, over 700,000 Arabs became displaced, and most of their descendants have remained displaced due to the cruel policies of Arab national leade
Read more

Jihadists World-Wide Celebrate Massacres in Israel

Image
The Plague of Jihad is all over the world.  The past few days has witnessed Israel suffer the most horrific attack that it has endured since the October War of 1973, yet for all of the senseless death, for all of the footage that we see of Hamas militants murdering Israelis in cold blood, many in the world are in fact celebrating this atrocity.   Hamas Supporters in Canada In Iran, crowds of Hamas supporters took to the streets to celebrate the slaughter of Israelis by Hamas while their government leaders lavished praise on the terrorists ( Link to Article ).  In the nation of Turkey, Hamas supporters crowded the streets of Istanbul chanting "Allahu Akbar" & "Khaybar Khaybar Ya Yahud" ( Link to Video ).  "Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud, jaish Muhammad soufa ya'oud" is the full version of the chant.  It translates to "Khaybar Khaybar or Jews, the Army of Muhammad will return."  For those unfamiliar with the context of this chant, Khaybar was the
Read more