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Taliban arrest campaign leader for women's right to education
  • UNAMA denounces the arrest of activist Matiullah Wesa on Monday and calls on the Government of Afghanistan to clarify the reason. The Afghan entrepreneur is campaigning Pen Pathen to facilitate the education of women. On Sunday, she released a video with volunteer women who protested about the right to education.
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Matiullah Wesa liburutegi mugikorraren ondoan azalpenak ematen haurrei. Argazkia: CNN

Education defender Matiullah Wesa is arrested on Monday in Kabul. The United Nations Afghanistan Relief Mission (UNAMA) has denounced the activist ' s arrest and called on the Taliban government to clarify the reason, as can be read from the Twitter social network.

Afghan activist Matiullah Wesa is the creator of the Pen Path campaign. The aim of the campaign is to move education to rural areas and reopen secondary schools and universities so that women receive education. A mobile library has also been installed. Since the Taliban came to power over a year and a half ago, women have not been able to return to classrooms.

During this time Wesa has worked intensively for women’s right to education and access to schools or universities. His last appearance was on Sunday, when he shared a video on social media. There are women volunteers from the Pen Path campaign who protest about the right to education. It says the Chio below: "Men, women, the elderly, young people, every corner of the country are claiming Islamic rights to education for their daughters."