US EditionTaliban’s New Criminal Code Allows Wife Beating if ‘Bones Are Not Broken’
The code permits husbands limited physical punishment without severe injury and criminalizes women visiting relatives without male permission, reducing legal protections for Afghan women, human rights groups say.
- Signed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's 90-page penal code in Kabul permits men to punish wives and children if injuries exclude `broken bones` or `open wounds`.
- Since retaking control in 2021, the Taliban enacted strict `vice and virtue` laws approved by the Supreme Leader, reversing protections like the 2009 EVAW law, according to Rawadari.
- Under the code, offenders face up to 15 days in prison for serious injuries, wives must prove abuse to judges while fully covered and accompanied by a male guardian, and married women risk three months for visiting relatives without permission.
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Many countries around the world are currently discussing the new laws introduced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban have implemented a new penal code, which equates women with "slaves." Different punishments are also imposed based on social class.
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