RASC News Agency: According to media reports, Human Rights Watch has urged Germany to halt the deportation of Afghanistani refugees, asserting that the country should not return individuals to a nation facing severe human rights violations. The organization stated in a press release that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is catastrophic, and Germany is neglecting the ongoing crisis in the country.
The statement from Human Rights Watch reads: “No one, regardless of the crimes they may have committed, should be deported to a place where there is a serious and imminent risk of human rights abuses. The German government needs to understand this.” Germany recently deported 28 Afghanistani refugees for the first time since the Taliban regained control. Human Rights Watch highlighted that these individuals are being returned to a Taliban-governed Afghanistan, a country notorious for severe human rights abuses where people are publicly flogged and women are largely excluded from public life.
The organization noted that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is so dire that the United Nations has stated that no one should be sent back to the country. Human Rights Watch also pointed out the political developments in Germany, where, amid rising xenophobic rhetoric and attacks on immigrants, including refugees, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to enforce stricter immigration policies and intensify deportations.
The statement further mentions that Joachim Stamp, Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Migration, has even discussed the possibility of deporting refugees to Rwanda. Human Rights Watch emphasized: “It should be absolutely clear even to the German government that abandoning fundamental values for the sake of potential short-term political gains is not a winning strategy.”
The organization added that democratic principles and the rule of law should also mean adherence to international human rights standards. Recently, it has been observed that some religious and ethnic extremists in Germany have engaged in vandalism and, in some cases, publicly expressed support for terrorist groups, including the Taliban and Hizb ut-Tahrir.
