Taliban Reportedly Open Fire on Afghan Women's Rights Protest
UNAMA said at least 30 women were detained before the protest, and witnesses reported gunfire, injuries and at least one child killed.
- On Tuesday, Taliban morality police dispersed a women's rights protest in Herat, Afghanistan, after detaining women for alleged dress code violations; gunfire left at least three people injured.
- The demonstration followed the detention of at least 16 women since Friday for failing to comply with strict dress rules enforced by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
- Sayed Masoud Hosseini, spokesperson for Herat police, claimed the Jebrail area gathering "created tensions," while the vice and virtue ministry dismissed detention reports as rumors, asserting wearing a hijab is a "divine command."
- Richard Bennett, the United Nations investigator on human rights in Afghanistan, said he was "alarmed by excessive use of force against seemingly peaceful protesters," calling for accountability.
- Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban has imposed sweeping restrictions on women, including limits on education and employment; dissent is not tolerated, and protests are illegal in Afghanistan.
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In a demonstration for women's rights in the Afghan city of Herat, at least one person has been killed by gunfire, according to the UN.
Kabul. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan (Unama) reported yesterday the killing of a child by gunshots after Afghan police used live ammunition to disperse a demonstration in defence of women ' s rights in Herat. The corporation denied the use of weapons during Tuesday ' s march, in which dozens gathered to protest against the detention of women for not wearing the chador or burka, which fully covers the body. Unama noted that several ot…
In the Afghan city of Herat, hundreds of protesters protested the arrests of women, and the Taliban fired firearms at the demonstrators.
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Crackdown on Afghan protests against arrests of women killed at least 1 person, UN says
The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has killed at least one person. Eyewitnesses say Taliban police opened fire on Tuesday during a protest against the arrests of women over the weekend for…
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