HRW Slams ‘Ruthless’ Taliban Government as New Law Bans Protest
Human Rights Watch said the new police law is another step in the Taliban’s effort to suppress dissent, extending detention without charge to 10 days.
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The Taliban banned any protests in Afghanistan and tightened punishmentNew Taliban laws ban demonstrations and increase the period of detention without charge to 10 days. Human rights activists condemned Norms.
New 84-page law of the Afghan Ministry of Justice also extended police detention from 3 to 10 days. In June, security forces killed two people at a demonstration in Herat.
The Taliban regime is cracking down on dissidents. Their position will be even weaker in the future.
HRW slams 'ruthless' Taliban as new law bans protest
(AFP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday criticized what it called a “ruthless effort to suppress all dissent” by the Taliban government after a new police law banned demonstrations across Afghanistan. The 84-page legislation published by the Justice Ministry outlines a series of changes to law enforcement nationwide, including a rule stating that “all types of protests are banned.” Elaine Pearson, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said the me…
Human Rights Watch strongly criticizes the Taliban's new police law, which completely bans demonstrations, warning against the indiscriminate suppression of any opposition.
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