Canadian charity Rainbow Railroad has coordinated an airlift of 29 LGBTQ2S+ Afghans out of Afghanistan to the U.K. in a humanitarian mission.
TORONTO -- Canadian charity organization Rainbow Railroad says it has helped co-ordinate an airlift of 29 LGBTQ2S+ Afghans out of Afghanistan in a humanitarian mission.
“The situation for LGBTQ2s+ folks was really difficult before the fall of Kabul…and it’s just gotten worse,” Powell said Monday. “We’re getting reports of family members turning over members of the [queer] community to the Taliban, kill lists being distributed and active violence.”The 29 Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan flew aboard a military flight and arrived Friday at an undisclosed location in the United Kingdom, Rainbow Railroad said. The group will enter quarantine as part of the U.K.
Among the 29 are students and activists who have repeatedly stood up for the LGBTQ2S+ community in Afghanistan which made them vulnerable under Taliban rule, the statement says, with “many facing increased levels of persecution, discrimination and assault.”
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