A Doctors Without Borders paramedic was among women arrested during a recent crackdown for alleged dress code violations in Afghanistan, the medical aid organization said Friday.
A Doctors Without Borders paramedic was among women arrested during a recent crackdown for alleged dress code violations in Afghanistan, the medical aid organization said Friday.
The paramedic was arrested for not wearing a face covering while on her way to work at a hospital in the western city of Herat, and was detained for two days, according to Sarah Champion, the aid group’s program manager for Afghanistan.
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‘I saw two employees – one was carrying a whip – putting two women who were not wearing burkas into a vehicle’.
E’ accaduto ad una infermiera di Medici Senza Frontiere mentre stava andando a prendere servizio nell’ospedale di Herat
