8am: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International says that many women in Afghanistan have had to set aside their identities and become invisible. The organization said in a statement on Sunday, 8 March, that it is calling for an end to human rights violations in Afghanistan. The organization says that the Taliban
8am: On Saturday, March 7, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the organization stated that the deprivation of girls in Afghanistan from education threatens their future and that this situation should not be normalized. UN Women added that there is currently not a single girl receiving an education in secondary schools across Afghanistan. Click
Amnesty International: The new Criminal Regulation recently endorsed by the Taliban leader will further entrench violence and discrimination against women, Amnesty International said in a new legal analysis documenting its wide-ranging and regressive impact on human rights. The “Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts”, which lays out punishments and sentencing for a range of vague
Afghanistan International: Afghanistan has ranked last among 181 countries in the latest Women, Peace and Security Index published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, recording the poorest performance on women’s rights. Denmark ranked first. Click here to read more (external link). Related AFJC: Taliban Shut Down Radio Khushal in Ghazni for Airing
Amu: Afghanistan has become a “graveyard for human rights,” the United Nations high commissioner for human rights said on Thursday, warning that an expanding body of Taliban decrees is entrenching repression, particularly against women and girls. Speaking at the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk said a “cascade of edicts and
Afghanistan International: Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, said in a new report that women’s and girls’ access to healthcare has been severely restricted since the Taliban returned to power. The report says bans on women’s education and employment, as well as restrictions on freedom of movement, have deepened
8am: The majority of Persian speakers and speakers of other commonly used languages in the country have expressed concern over what they describe as unfair and exclusionary language policies of past ruling authorities, as well as the language policies of the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
Times of India: Signed by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the 90-page criminal code permits husbands to physically abuse their wives and children, provided it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds.” Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: Taliban have burned around 600 musical instruments in Parwan and Laghman provinces in the latest enforcement of their sweeping ban on music. The Taliban directorate vice and virtue in Parwan said it had set fire to about 500 instruments that had been collected over the past year from the provincial capital and surrounding districts.
Tyla: A new penal code has been published by Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, which will legalise acts of physical punishment against women. The alarming news comes in light of Hibatullah Akhundzada – the Supreme Leader of the Islamist extreme group – signing a 90-page criminal code which outlines different degrees of legal penalisation depending on