The United Nations has criticized the Taliban (a banned organization in Russia) for public executions, flogging and stoning, and urged Afghan authorities to stop such practices. According to this Washington postAccording to a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 274 men, 58 women and two boys have been publicly flogged in Afghanistan in the last six months alone.
“Physical punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and must be stopped,” said Fiona Fraser, head of the UN Human Rights Watch Mission. She also called for the immediate postponement of executions, she. In response, the Taliban Foreign Ministry said that Afghanistan’s laws were determined according to Islamic rules and principles. “In the event of a conflict between international human rights law and Islamic law, the government has an obligation to comply with Islamic law,” the ministry said in a statement.
Shortly after the Taliban came to power almost two years ago, they began using corporal punishment. At the same time, they gradually tightened restrictions on women, keeping them out of public places like parks and gyms.
The UN report says the first public flogging since the Taliban took power took place in October 2021. A man and a woman convicted of adultery were flogged 100 times in front of everyone. In December 2022, Taliban officials executed an Afghan convicted of murder, the first public execution since taking power. The execution, carried out by the victim’s father with a machine gun, took place in front of hundreds of spectators and senior officials in the western province of Farah.
In January, new Afghan authorities in your name Western sanctions are the reason why the situation regarding women’s rights in the country has not improved.
In December 2022, classes for girls were suspended at universities in Afghanistan. The presence of women in universities, including teachers, was banned. Women were also banned from working in national and international non-governmental organizations.