Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has recently called for preventing the displacement of Hazaras from Nawabad Township in Ghazni province, which has been declared an “Emirate township” by the caretaker government.
In a statement issued at the end of his visit to Qatar, Mr. Bennett said that this week he spoke with a group of Hazaras who have “lived for generations in an area of Ghazni city” and who are now at risk of losing their homes due to court decisions by the current authorities.
He further emphasized that residents of Nawabad Township in Ghazni province have expressed concern over the unfairness of the judicial process and the fate of around 13,000 families if they are forced to leave their homes.
In another part of his statement, the UN Special Rapporteur called for measures to prevent the displacement of these families and stressed the importance of observing fair trial standards and providing legal assistance to resolve the issue.
This comes as about a month ago, the Ministry of Justice of the current government announced that a special government court had declared 1,843 jeribs of land in Nawabad Township, located in central Ghazni, as “Emirate property.”
According to available information, the township was established 32 years ago, and approximately 18,000 families currently live there.
