Hamed Sabouri started to sob in a dining establishment in Kabul, Afghanistan– his partner of 2 years had actually put chilli pepper in his soup.
Sabouri, 22, disliked chilli peppers. Couldn’ t stand them, remembers Ahmadi (not his genuine name).
Ahmadi, 29, states the supper date in 2020 is a‘memory of Hamed that will never be forgotten’
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He even keeps in mind the kaftan he used, how he was tired that day and how Sabouri was a‘very kind boy’ The 2 dated from 2018 to 2022.
Taliban forces abducted Sabouri in August– almost a year to the day because the militants retook control– dragged him to an unidentified area and shot him.
‘I found out after 5:00am that Hamed was killed by the Taliban because before killing him, he called me and told me that I was under threat,’ Ahmadi states.
Ahmadi frantically attempted to call him back, however Sabouri’s mobile had actually been turned off.
‘The Taliban sent me a video of his death,’ Ahmadi states of the four-second clip seen by seen byMetro co.uk, including: ‘Telling me that you will become Hamed.’
‘His memory will never be forgotten,’ Ahmadi states.
Sabouri, from Kabul, was a routine star-gazer. He intended to be a physician one day, liked love books and listened to Michael Jackson and JustinBieber
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Gay male ‘gang raped by six men with a machine gun’ in jail by Taliban
A single year of Taliban guideline has actually turned Ahmadi’s life upside down.
‘Before the Taliban came, my life was great, I was free,’ Ahmadi states. ‘I was not insulted anywhere, I had a love life all over. I made love with kids.
‘Now I live like a prisoner. I am insulted and tortured everywhere.’
‘My older bro was a [Afghan Uniform Police] officer, he was shot in front of my eyes by Taliban terrorists,’ he includes.
Within days of the Taliban taking power, Ahmadi was imprisoned for being gay. He got away just after paying off a guard prior to altering his name entirely.
But the Taliban continue to hunt him down.
He has actually been sent out numerous threatening letters from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the state’s spiritual morality authorities.
One letter seen byMetro co.uk states ‘residents’ have actually grumbled about Ahmadi being a ‘supporter of homosexuals’ who performs ‘indecent acts’.
Ministry authorities contacted him to be detained ‘as soon as possible’.
‘In order to prevent moral corruption in society, there should be legal punishment,’ the letter concludes.
‘Life is very difficult for me, I am under serious threats, and I can’ t go anywhere due to the fact that of worry the Taliban are searching for me,’ Ahmadi states.
He states that in 2015, Taliban forces took his partner’s phone at a checkpoint which had lots of gay sex videos.
Ahmadi had no other option however to range from his house, including he was detained a 2nd time for being gay in July.
‘The Taliban wanted to execute me,’ he states. ‘I was badly tortured to the point of my life. Six individuals anally raped me for 3 days with a gatling gun.
‘I experienced electric and cable torture in prison, all day and night.’
Ahmadi shownMetro co.uk a picture of himself following among the 2 whippings, revealing his back covered in lash marks and cuttings.
His times in jail stay scarred in his mind. He likewise had it engraved, actually: his back and butts stay covered in contusions, his wrists scarred from the handcuffs he used for months.
‘At 5am, when the Taliban invited the prisoners to prayer, I hid in the garbage truck of the prison,’ he discusses.
Ahmadi remained inside for some 3 hours prior to getting away the jail and ‘walking for 24 hours to Jalalabad,’ the capital of the eastern NangarharProvince
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LGBTQ+ Afghans face ‘hidden genocide’, states regional activist
Nemat Sadat, the executive director of the Afghan LGBTQ+ non-profit Roshaniya, states Sabouri was somebody with his entire life ahead of him.
Now he is a ‘casualty’ of the Tablian routine.
‘During the 20 years of the democratic era, homosexuality was criminalised and LGBT+ people had no rights but today they cannot even breathe and face a hidden genocide under the Taliban,’ Sadat cautions.
‘Hamed endured discrimination his whole life for being gay and his life came to an abrupt end with no one there to help him before his life was taken away from him.’
Nafar Jan, of LGBTQ+ project group Rainbow Afghanistan, states things are just worsening for individuals like Sabouri and Ahmadi.
‘Day by day, the Taliban is getting more powerful and any individual can imagine how hard it can be to breathe under a terrorist regime’ s federal government,’ he states.
‘LGBTIQ members have to act normal so that they don’ t get us eliminated. Many people can’t even go outside.
‘No one really knows how many LGBTIQ members are being killed, abused, brain-washed, tortured, bullied or disowned daily by their families and the society.’
Jan states lots of LGBTQ+ Afghans are detained and questioned every day at Kabul and provincial security zones. Some are abducted and eliminated.
‘All the LGBTIQ-supporting governments and organizations have stopped their aids, reliefs and evacuation plans for us. We’ re being forgotten and delegated pass away calmly,’ he includes.
Behesht Collective, which offers psychological health assistance and shelter for LGBTQ+ youth, states the Taliban have ‘buried the aspirations of 1,250 LGBTQ+ Afghans’ who are members of the network– ‘hundreds and thousands’ stay stuck.
‘LGBTQ+ people will never accept Sharia Law because Sharia Law is meant to eliminate us,’ Behesht Collective states.
Sadat, of Roshaniya, feels it’s now or never ever to assist them get away.
‘If the world doesn’ t step in now to give asylum security now then I hesitate that the whole LGBT+ neighborhood in Afghanistan will die within a couple of years,’ Sadat states.
‘We cannot let this happen.’
After Sabouri’s killing, Ahmadi left his house as soon as again, as he has actually done so often times now. He is homeless and not able to work due to the fact that of the hazards.
Ahmadi as soon as pled a guy to offer him cash. The male, 60, continued to rape him prior to providing him 1,00 0 Afghanis (₤10).
He is safe in the meantime, he feels. Whether he will be tomorrow, however, he can’t be specific.
Ahmadi learnt last month that Sabouri’s household has actually gotten awayAfghanistan He wishes for the day he can do the exact same.
‘I know I will be killed,’ he states, ‘if I am arrested again, I will be executed.’
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