Afghan refugee Age: -
Shot dead: 28 June 2023
Residence: reception camp Girdi Jangal, Pakistan
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: none
Perpetrator: brother Syed Mohammad
In an Afghan refugee camp near the Chagai district, along the Afghanistan-Balochistan border, an Afghan refugee was accused of having an extramarital affair with a man.
An illegal court called a jirga, headed by Afghan refugee Ahmad Shah, imposed a fine of 2 million rupees (about 22,500 euros) on the alleged lover, while the woman was sentenced to death. After the verdict, the police took the woman into protective custody, but eventually returned her to her family.
On 28 June, the woman was presented to the illegal court by her family and shot dead by her brother there.
The police have arrested Syed Mohammad and say action will also be taken against the leaders of the jirga involved in extrajudicially imposing the death sentence on the victim.
Ahmad Shah fled Pakistan to seek protection in Afghanistan from a terror group supporting him. All others who were part of the jirga are yet to be arrested by the police.