Founder and leader of women-led non-profits. Advocate for Afghan women and girls, refugees, and the global Autism community. All views are my own.
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Listen to Zahra. This courageous girl has endured more than many of us can imagine and is simply asking the United States to fulfill our promises to Afghan allies,
Zahra is 14.
Out of school for 4 years.
Living at Camp As Sayliyah in U.S. custody for 18+ months.
Taking medication for stress.
She just recorded a message to @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP asking for a future.
She’s asking to be heard.
Watch. Share. Don’t ignore her.
#AfghanEvac
Afghan allies deserve for the US to honor the commitment we made to them. They showed up for us and now it’s our turn to prove we mean it.
@PeterLucier @afghanevac @shawnjvandiver
At #AfghanEvac we speak truth to power and today it comes from @PeterLucier.
It’s easy to talk and not act when you’re in the Senate.
Now you’re in charge.
Secretary Mullin — you’ve talked tough.
Talk is cheap. Can veterans and Afghans count on you?
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It was great to spend time with @shawnjvandiver and Jess with @afghanevac in London discussing what more the US / UK can do to support at-risk Afghan women and girls and wartime allies.
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
Debate and disagreement are essential to a thriving democracy. Violence has no place and must always be opposed.
Thank you Zubaida Jan for being so relentless in pursuit of justice for Afghan women and girls @ZubaidaAKBR
"We, Afghan women, feel like broken records in this Council. Every session, we repeat the same truths: the escalating, and horrendous violations of our rights. Nothing hidden about the Taliban’s atrocities. And still, their war on women continues with impunity."#HRC60
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
"We, Afghan women, feel like broken records in this Council. Every session, we repeat the same truths: the escalating, and horrendous violations of our rights. Nothing hidden about the Taliban’s atrocities. And still, their war on women continues with impunity."#HRC60
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
End the deafening silence on Gaza – it is time to speak up independent.co.uk/voices/edi…
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
I support @UN_SPExperts statement on #Gaza by @FranceskAlbs & my thematic colleagues urging immediate international intervention to stop “one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity”. Read full statement below👇
States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in #Gaza: UN experts demand immediate international intervention as Israel continues relentless destruction of life in Gaza
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
I wonder whether the European Civil Protection Mechanism can be activated for people—especially children—burned alive in plastic tents, or is it just for trees.
Devastated to hear about the tragic loss of life of Abida, a young Afghan girl whose future should have stood before her. Abida sadly took her life rather than face a forced marriage to a member of the Taliban
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
There must be concrete measures immediately imposed against Israel by the UK 🇬🇧 @DavidLammy @HFalconerMP
It is for exactly for this moment that the duty to prevent genocide was born & all the obligations that flow from it. But once again the int’l community fails in real time
Yesterday WFP announced its food stocks in Gaza have run out, having delivered its final supplies.
Israel’s devastating aid block is putting civilians, including 1m children, at risk of starvation. The UK, France and Germany are clear - it must end.
gov.uk/government/news/aid-t…
Our Afghan allies need your voice.
I'm grateful to @shawnjvandiver, @afghanevac and the countless veteran and civilian led organizations leading this fight so that our allies can access the relocation and resettlement pathways they were promised. Join us
#BREAKING: Last night, I sent a letter to senior leaders in the Trump Administration requesting clarity, collaboration, and action on behalf of our Afghan wartime allies.
This isn’t just about policy—it’s about promises. And right now, the U.S. is failing to keep them.
It is vital that you contacted your elected officials in the United States and urge them to protect Enduring Welcome. Afghan allies who are vetted and who risked their lives protecting our freedoms deserve the pathway to safety they were promised.
🚨 The State Dept just told OMB they plan to shut down Enduring Welcome—the program that relocates our Afghan allies.
Thousands already vetted. U.S. troops’ family members. Even American citizens.
We cannot let this happen.
📢 Take action: afghanevac.org/letter-to-rep… #AfghanEvac
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
A 27 yr-old Iranian woman converted to Christianity, and had to flee Iran (where conversion brings the death penalty). She fled to the US to seek asylum. The Trump administration arrested her, put her in shackles, loaded her on a military plane with 300 other migrants...
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Did you know that, for the cost of less than 10 days of the Afghan war we could relocate and resettle every single one of the wartime allies who stood with us and haven’t yet gotten their shot at the American dream?
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
🚨 Thousands of Afghan evacuees are trapped in limbo because of a U.S. policy decision that could be reversed today with a simple phone call from @SecRubio.
Here’s what’s happening and why it matters. 🧵⬇️
The dignity and humanity of refugee families matter. It is inexcusable families in care of the US Government are being denied diapers for the babies.
The aid pause has resulted in an inability to distribute diapers to Afghans families in the care of the United States government.
Enough is enough @secrubio. You have the power to authorize an exemption. What are you waiting for?
Laura Deitz -لارا دیتز retweeted
It has been a chaotic and insane few days, quite similar to what it felt like during August 2021, so I wanted to put together a 🧵 with everything we know about the #USRAP Executive Order that @realdonaldtrump signed. #AfghanEvac
Here we go.
If you are in KY, ND, SD, WV, or WY and / or anyone who cares deeply about the US continuing to fulfill its moral obligation to at-risk Afghans, sign up!
BIG NEWS: We just hit over 500 signatures from veterans, frontline civilians, elected officials, and advocates from 45 states and DC.
Where you at KY, ND, SD, WV, and WY?
Add your name TODAY! afghanevac.org/transition-le…
