Kite Runner

There are kites that fly for joy.
And there are kites that stay in the sky because falling means death.
They still hold the string.
And still run against the wind.
Still believes freedom is possible for q***r Afghans hunted between borders, forgotten by governments, and abandoned by the systems that promised safety.
During the past months, our team at Kite Runner — a program of exiled Afghan media workers — together with CORRECTIV.Exile in Berlin, investigated the human rights abuses faced by q***r and trans Afghans forced into invisibility.
This story is not about politics.
It is about people who have nowhere left to exist.
Please read, share, and help us keep the kite in the air. 🪁
“Nowhere to Exist: How q***r and trans Afghans fall through every safety net” by CORRECTIV and Kite Runner.

Nowhere to Exist: Q***r and Trans Afghans on The Move “Nowhere to Exist“ is a report by CORRECTIV.Exile × Kite Runner. The report “Nowhere to Exist” is based on five witness testimonies that were corroborated by reports from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Afghan LGBTQ+ Organization (ALO), as well as official European government...