Children of elderly UK couple jailed by Taliban make urgent plea for release before they ‘die in custody’
The children of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan made an emergency public objection to the ruling Taliban government to release them before “in custody”.
76 -year -old Barbie Reynolds and 80 -year -old husband Peter were arrested by Taliban when they returned to their homes in Bamyan province in the center of Afghanistan.
Until eight weeks ago, they had been arrested for five and a half months without being accused and they were kept separately in a maximum security prison.
The British couple has been living in Afghanistan for the last 18 years, conducting educational and training projects, and even after the Taliban was captured in 2021, he decided to stay in the country.
The four children living in the United States and the UK have created serious concerns about the health of their parents who suffered from a number of disorders.
They said: “This is another emergency objection and detained to release our parents to the Taliban before it is too late.
“They have devoted their lives to the people of Afghanistan for the last 18 years.”
The brothers said that they wrote twice in the Taliban leadership twice and hoped that the group would encourage their parents to release their parents when they avoid objection to the public in the last two months.
His daughter Sarah Entwistle said there was no progress in their efforts to detain their parents.
Entwistle, Taliban “compassion, compassion, justice and human dignity to support their beliefs in particular,” adding the following, adding, adding the following, “Now we are doing it again to the public again.”
He said the UN would ask the couple to be released immediately on Monday.
“For the last two months, we have continued a media darkening, hoping to show our intention to respect the Taliban and rely on the process.
“We are grateful to Doughty Street Chambers for contacting the UN special torture rapporteur.”
The last theme of the children with their parents was when they said that the health of their mother’s father was rapidly worsening five weeks ago.
The distant medical assessment by cardiologist revealed that Mr. Reynolds may have had a stroke or a silent heart attack.
He added that Mr. Reynolds suffered from red, peeling and bleeding, which may mean that skin cancer relapses.
Children, probably the maximum security prison inadequate food, because of the anemia continues to struggle with numbness in his feet, the situation of their mother’s situation worsened, he said.
Ms. Reynolds’ medical assessment, this, this creates additional coercion that can lead to heart failure, he said.
The couple, who married Kabul in 1970, detained the 55th wedding anniversary this week.
Their children said they were held at the Pul-E-Charkhi prison in the capital eight weeks ago. There, the couple had access to the phones and called their children from the prison garden every day.
Later, they said that they were transferred to the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) within two to three days. Two months have passed, without a sign of release.
Children said that their parents had better conditions in the GDI, but there were still no beds or furniture, and that they slept in a bed.
The United Kingdom Foreign Ministry officials were given a double extraordinary visit to the officials last Thursday to control their welfare. Times.
A spokesman said: “We support the family of two British citizens detained in Afghanistan.”
The UN torture -specific rapporteur Alice Edwards will say that it will be released on Monday: uz We do not see any reason when this old couple should be detained at all, and we demand immediately review for detention.
“In such humiliating conditions, keeping them locked and more worrying when their health is very fragile.
“Their physical and mental health is getting worse rapidly, Ed Edwards said. “They are under the risk of irreparable damage and even death without access to sufficient medical care.”
