Human Rights

Sources: Taliban dictate sermon topics in mosques

Sources said imams are regularly told to promote the Taliban’s law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

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Taliban flog 7 in Kabul on drug and alcohol charges

The statement said that each of the individuals received between 10 and 39 lashes.

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Taliban flog man in Kapisa for alleged ‘propaganda’ against their rule

The man was whipped 39 times in Hese Awal district and sentenced to one year and six months in prison.

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SIGAR: Taliban turn courts into tools of repression

The report concluded that Afghan women have been “systematically deprived of their human rights under an institutionalized system of discrimination.

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Taliban carry out more than 70 public floggings in a month

The largest number of cases were reported in Kabul and Sar-i-Pul, with 19 each, followed by Badakhshan, Parwan, Jawzjan and.

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Taliban detain dozens, including journalists, over social media posts: Sources

The arrests took place across several provinces, including Kabul, Ghazni, Herat, Laghman, Kandahar and Sar-e-Pul.

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Rights groups condemn Taliban’s arrests of women as ‘assault on human dignity’

The movement urged Afghan men to abandon what they called a “state of passive silence” and to stand in solidarity.

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Sources: Taliban ban sale of children’s toys in Kandahar

“The vice and virtue enforcers have told us these toys are ‘haram’ and we are not allowed to sell them,”.

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Afghanistan: Paktika teacher sentenced to death over alleged blasphemy, sources say

Abdul Aleem Khamoosh, the principal of Janikhel High School in Paktika, was detained by the Taliban around 20 days ago.

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UN experts: ICC arrest warrants for Taliban leaders ‘critical step’ toward justice

“These arrest warrants mark a critical step forward for justice for the people of Afghanistan, especially women and girls,” the.

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