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Ezatullah Bakhshi Founder and President of the Civil Society and Human Rights Institutions of Afghanistan Human Rights Defender | Member of International Human Rights Organizations Ezatullah Bakhshi was born in 1997 in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law and Political Science from Parwan University. Since his student years, he has actively engaged in civil and human rights work, focusing on social justice, women's rights, minority protection, and fundamental freedoms. In 2018, he was appointed as the Provincial Head of the "Committed Youth Organization of Afghanistan" in Parwan. In 2019, he co-founded the Social Council for People's Unity in Parwan and served as a leadership member and media officer. In 2020, he founded and led the Civil Society Institutions of Parwan Province. Following the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2021 and the escalation of systematic human rights violations by the Taliban, Bakhshi emerged as a prominent human rights defender. In 2023, he founded the “Civil Society and Human Rights Institutions of Afghanistan” with the mission to document human rights violations, support victims, and amplify the voice of civil society inside and outside the country. On 25 June 2023, due to his peaceful human rights activities, he was arrested by Taliban intelligence and endured several days of detention and torture before being released on bail. He was then forced to flee the country and sought asylum in Pakistan. While in Pakistan, Bakhshi continued his activism by leading public protests and awareness campaigns in support of refugees, at-risk activists, and Afghan women. He has actively worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey in the areas of documentation, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization for the protection of human rights. He is an official member of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), an executive member of the Pakistan International Human Rights Organization (PIHRO), and is connected with several international organizations that support human rights defenders. Ezatullah Bakhshi remains firmly committed to the principles of universal human rights. As a voice for victims of violence, discrimination, and repression, he continues his peaceful struggle to connect local efforts with the global human rights movement and to advance peace, justice, and human dignity.