KABUL — The United States and international rights groups urged Afghanistan on Wednesday to immediately free two civil society activists arrested after they reported that hundreds of school children had suffered sexual abuse. “It’s appalling to coerce confessions from civil society activists,” Bass said in a tweet, calling for both men to be released. London-based Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Musa and Hamidi and said they were at risk of torture and ill treatment. He also said he had directed NDS to immediately hand the two rights activists over to the Interior Ministry, though he did not order their release. According to the Guardian report, some of the victims have been killed by their families or unknown perpetrators after being identified as victims of sexual abuses.

Source: National Post November 27, 2019 10:41 UTC