The ASH Berlin Executive Board is following the protests in Iran with great sympathy and shares the concerns of all university members who are directly affected by the situation through family, friends and acquaintances. ASH Berlin stands for human rights, democracy and peace and is in solidarity with all those in Iran and other regions of the world who are fighting for democratic conditions, human dignity and freedom.
We are currently working hard to ensure that an Afghan social worker and women's rights activist who has fled to Pakistan and has been accepted onto the Master's program in Social Work as a Human Rights Profession receives a residence permit from the German authorities and can study at the Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin.
Further information:
Article in the Tagesspiegel from 16.01.2026: “She faces death if returned : Berlin students and Left Party MPs call for vulnerable Afghan woman to be accepted”
