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Additional information
Date of birth:
1992
Village/Town of birth:
Qarukh Awal قرخ آول
Province of birth:
Bamyan: Sayghan
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Hazara
Education:
Bachelor's degree
Date of the main incident:
23 July 2016
Place of the main incident:
Dehmazang, Kabul City
Incident description
On July 23, 2016, two suicide bombers denoted their explosives among the protesters at Dehmazang Square in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. The protesters, who were primarily Hazaras, were part of the Enlightenment Movement. They were protesting against the diversion of the TUTAP mega power project which would cause the project to bypass Hazara-dominated areas. At least 84 protesters lost their lives and 260-400 others were injured. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), the regional branch of ISIS, took credit for the attack. However, ISKP later refuted their involvement in the attack.
The Enlightenment Movement, also known as Junbesh-e Roshnayie, was a grassroots civil disobedience movement started by Hazaras in Afghanistan in response to a change in the Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG proposed Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program, unofficially called TUTAP project plans. The change in the project plans would cause it to bypass Hazara regions. The move was seen as perpetuating long-standing anti-Hazara discrimination. Throughout 2016 and 2017, the Enlightenment Movement coordinated large-scale demonstrations against discrimination both domestically in Afghanistan and abroad.
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Alleged type of harm
Alleged type of crimes
Province:
Kabul: Kabul
Latitude:
34.5168788437339
Longitude:
69.1499999975304
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
He Went to Dehmazang to Seek Justice
Narrator: Wasiq Alavi (Niece)
Victim: Mushtaq ul-Hasan Rasa Saighani
Date of the incident: 23 July 2016
Location of the incident: Dehmazang, Kabul City
Mushtaq ul-Hasan Rasa was born in 1989 in Saighan District of Bamyan Province. He attended elementary school in his hometown, and the Garkh Avol High School. Later, he moved to Bamyan City where he completed high school at the Bamyan Central Male High School. After graduating from school, he participated in the public university entrance exam. He was admitted to Faryab University to study Dari Literature at the Department of Humanities. After graduating from university, he came to Kabul where he engaged in civic activities for a year and a half. During his time in Bamyan, he was a field observer in Saighan District for the Independent Election Commission. When he was a student, he also served as a contract-based teacher in Bamyan. He was martyred at the age of 27 on July 23, 2016, in Dehmazang, where he went seeking justice.
