For 14 years, Matiullah Wesa He has taught Afghan girls, even setting up an NGO, and all despite the Taliban’s prohibition to do so. This Monday, a group of men beat her outside the mosque and no one knows where she is.

Matiullah has been detained by the Taliban in the city of Kabul and the United Nations demands that his situation be clarified and be guaranteed a fair trial in which their rights are respected.

Through Pen Paththe organization he directs, Matiullah is dedicated to traveling throughout the country asking for the reopening of schools for girls, even setting up a mobile library to facilitate education in rural areas.

Among the restrictions imposed are the suspension of secondary and university education, the compulsory face coveringsegregation by sex and require the accompaniment of a male member of their family to travel.

Since the Taliban seized power a year ago, the country’s women have seen their rights violated once again, leaving relegated to houseworkunable to leave home alone.

UN Special Rapporteur, Richard BenettHe also expressed concern over the reports of Wesa’s arrest and called on fundamentalists to guarantee his safety and respect his legal rights.