By: Shirin Shabnam
Translated: By Mohammad Rezaie
Hura Sadat’s horrific death, young Afghan media activist and YouTuber, was a news that was publicized later than usual om social media. Social media and human rights activists, considering different information about Ms. Sadat’s death, say there is a mystery behind her death that her family does not express it. Hura was killed around 6: A.M on Monday, August 15, 2023, in police district 18, Dasht e Barchi of Kabul. Her death was publicized two days later and then her family confirmed her death. So fat, there has been controversial news about Hura Sadat’s death on mass media.
Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s spokesperson for Ministry of Interior in Kabul, in a message on X said Hura Sadat was killed 3 days ago in police district 18 of Kabul. He said three people including one woman has been arrested in connection with Sadat’s death. But social media users rejected Zadran’s statements on Saturday saying Sadat was killed due to rejecting a marriage proposal of one of the Taliban officials. Some local sources say Qari Bilal Logari, a powerful Taliban official, is behind Sadat’s death. Before this hypothesis, nearly all sources cited the murder as suspicious and Ahmad Hamim Dawran, a social media user, said “She was killed, was buried mysteriously and it is suspicious and “there was bowl and under half bowl”.
The “Movement of Strong Women of Afghanistan” issuing a statement on this week said Taliban was behind such murders and added that during the two past years of Taliban rule, tens of “women’s rights activists” have been killed in Kabul and other cities of Afghanistan in a “suspicious and target way” by Taliban. But Taliban has said “unknown armed men” were behind the killings. The movement added Taliban buried Ms. Sadat’s body secretly and without presence of her family members in Kart e Sakhi of Kabul. The “Movement of Strong Women of Afghanistan” urged the international community and human rights organizations to bring Taliban to Hauge International Criminal Court.
In a video published on social media network, a young man that is said is Hura’s brother, says her sister has been killed in a sad incident.
Mazda Mehrgan, a poet, wrote on Facebook, “Hura was killed. She didn’t marry with a Taliban official and was a victim of Taliban’s mindset like many other Afghan women.” Hura with such beauty, was forced to work to feed her family and it was her only crime.” He added “Her crime was her beauty, being a woman, her courage and feeling responsibility to her family.
Shikib Musadeq, singer, sharing a photo of Hura Sadat in Afghan Star recording program, wrote on his Facebook account that Hura Sadat contacted me one night before her death and told me she wanted to tell me an important issue. But when I left her a message, I didn’t receive any because she was already dead. He added Hura had a quarrel with a Taliban militia and they had taken her to police district office.
There are many ambiguities about Hura Sadat’s death. One narrative says she had been at home of one of her friends at night and she had given her poison in the early morning. Another story says published on social media says after Hura Sadat has been poisoned, she had come home and her family members had taken her to a hospital, but due to her health condition the hospital had rejected her and her family had taken her to another hospital and she has died there. But some other wrote on social media that Sadat has been taken to hospital by her friends but she has not been able to talk to tell who bas behind her murder. On the other hand, social media users say Huram was raped in group before she was killed.
In voice tape deemed to be Hura’s father, he claims her daughter has been murdered by her friends. Hur’s father added with sad voice. “It was planned. Her god sisters. And some others, had deceived her. We went and detained them.” Her father added Hura Sadat was killed by rat poison. “It was rat poison, what it was, it was something that killed her in less than ten minutes. She died in the hospital.”
Claiming she died in less than 10 minutes is an exaggeration as it is not clear how far is their home from the hospital. It looks suspicious. In a voice claimed to be one of Hura Sadat’s friends on social media, she say Sadat has been her guest at night and has left her home early morning. Sadat’s god sister in voice tape says “By the way, I don’t have contact
with her, they were at my home last night. Hura was here. I was a little sick. They had come to visit me.” She added, “They went out in the morning. I had some problem, I had to move from the house I lived in, they left the house in the early morning for that reason. Then, I didn’t call her. Because I don’t have credit to call her. Her internet is off.”
Another claim says Sadat’s family is involved in her murder. Because it says Sadat had family issues with her family in the last days of her life. It looks it is about her marriage because she was running a YouTube cannel named “Kabul Fans” with Latif Razban her Hazara and it was very famous lately. They announced on social media they were enraged but after some months they announced they had separated due to personal issues.
They said on social media they had been threatened, likely by Sadat’s family members and they just pretended they had broken but they just spent their engagement period.
After the apparently broke, Sadat went to Iran and she returned to Afghanistan after a while and then started her own YouTube channel and run it herself. In a voice clip related to Sadat’s mother on social media, she says Latif was poor and they had engaged Sadat with an old and rich man who had two other wives and lived in Europe. Her mother said Hura Sadat was pregnant by Latif.
Now, many believe there has been in serious issue in Sadat’s life, a media activist debating social issues, and she had felt the warning shot. Another clue is that she had left her previous house in police district 18. It looks leaving her previous house was not effective and she was killed on early morning on Monday. In voice clip related to Hura Sadat’s sister… she says she has left her house and it is not clear whether she is the woman Taliban claims the group has arrested her charged with Sadat’s death or not. Mysterious death and burring of her is questionable and after one week there is no clear comment of Sadat’s murder, people have many questions and Taliban does not share the truth with the people.
By the way, Saima Sultani, women rights activist” has raised a number of questions: “Why oppression, belittling, discrimination, insult, suppression, rape, murder is not seen in murdering women? Why all oppressions and injustice are more visible on the face a man than a woman and other gender groups?”
Many other women have been murdered before Hura Sadat and the reality of their murder and the criminal edicts issued on their murder have not been shared with the people and media. Mursal Nabi Zada, member of former National Assembly, Halimam Imami in Bamyan, Negar, a police officer, and many other women have been killed in a mysterious way. Taliba has been accused of killing many civilians and especially killing of women and even Taliban is considered the perpetrator of the death of those women who have killed themselves.
Shameful silence of human rights organizations and international community towards the mysterious murder of the people of Afghanistan, has caused the strong response of women rights activists and “Movement of Justice Seeker Women of Afghanistan” accuses women rights advocating organizations, human rights organizations and Journalists without borders keeping silent on these murders and is worried Sadat’s murder and other similar cases may not be followed up by the relevant organizations.
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