Prominent Turkish Author Criticizes Repression of Women Protesters in Afghanistan

Well-known Turkish writer criticizes crackdown on women’s protests in Afghanistan and world silence

According to Events News; Prominent Turkish writer Elif Shafak tweeted that female protesters in Afghanistan were being physically abused.

The author of (Nation of Love) and several other novels have said that electrical devices and pepper spray cans are used to stop women’s protests in Afghanistan.

Criticizing the world’s response to the violence and the detention of protesting women in Kabul, Shafak said: “The silence of the international media is shocking.”

Well-known Turkish writer Alif Shafak criticizes the recent allegations that at least three women have been detained by the Taliban following protests in Kabul.