MPs urge Ottawa to help women lawmakers flee Taliban-ruled Afghanistan – National | 24CA News
An all-party group of MPs is asking on the Canadian authorities to assist Afghan ladies who had been lawmakers earlier than the Taliban takeover get to security.
Police in Kabul mentioned Sunday that former MP Mursal Nabizada and her bodyguard had been shot lifeless by unknown attackers.
She was among the many few feminine parliamentarians who stayed within the capital metropolis after the Taliban seized energy in August 2021.
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Six Canadian MPs say in a joint assertion that they’ve labored collectively since final October to carry the 9 remaining ladies to Canada.
They say the scenario in Afghanistan is extra harmful by the day and the Taliban are controlling ladies with a “brutal gender apartheid system.”
The MPs say Canada has an ethical duty to assist the ladies flee the nation.
“For the sake of the lives of these eight women, we urge the Canadian government to act on this matter urgently and take immediate action to assist in getting these women to safety,” the assertion says.
The group contains Bloc Quebecois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, the Green Party’s Elizabeth May, the NDP’s Heather McPherson, the Conservatives’ Alex Ruff and the Liberals’ Marcus Powlowski and Leah Taylor Roy.
Their assertion provides that no lady is protected in Afghanistan below the Taliban.
“But this is particularly so for these brave women MPs who led the way in opening up public and civic space for women and girls under the previous Afghan government.”
Nabizada was elected in 2019 to characterize Kabul and stayed in workplace till the Taliban takeover.
She was a member of the parliamentary defence fee and labored at a personal non-governmental group, the Institute for Human Resources Development and Research.
Local police chief Molvi Hamidullah Khalid mentioned on the weekend that investigations into her demise are underway. He didn’t reply questions on potential motives.
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