The Republican Women’s Network has condemned the Taliban’s new morality law, saying that it is in complete violation of international laws.
“The Taliban lack the understanding and capacity to grasp international laws and obligations. To evade these global commitments, they invoke excuses like domestic issues, national culture, and Islamic Sharia, and proceed to establish isolated legal frameworks that disconnect them from the international community,” the Republican Women’s Network, a women’s rights movement, said in a statement.
The statement further criticized the Taliban for rejecting all conventional civil structures necessary for gaining domestic and international legitimacy.
The movement highlighted the Taliban’s disregard for modern civil concepts such as public referendums, a constitution, the formation of a national government, the separation of powers, and the establishment of an independent judiciary.
The protesting women emphasized that the Taliban cannot achieve legitimacy, either domestically or internationally, with such an approach in the modern era.
“Afghan women have raised their voices against this Taliban law, aiming to consign it, along with its authors, to the annals of shame and infamy,” the network declared.
The statement comes in response to the Taliban’s recent announcement that their leader has officially signed a new 114-page law titled the “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” which is now in effect.
This law imposes severe restrictions on the rights and freedoms of Afghan citizens, particularly women. It includes provisions that prohibit women from speaking in public places where men are present, deeming it forbidden.
The Taliban’s new law has sparked widespread domestic and international outrage, with numerous human rights activists and prominent global figures condemning it as oppressive and a flagrant violation of human rights. Some have described the 114-page document as a manifesto of hatred against women.
However, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid dismissed these criticisms as “baseless” and insisted that they would not hinder the enforcement of the law.
