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'Taliban's treatment of women could be called a crime against humanity'

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The Special Rapporteurs of the UN have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution. The UN experts urged the international community to take action to investigate and prosecute those responsible for gender-based violence in international and extra-territorial jurisdictions. 14 people, 3 of whom were women, were publicly flogged in the eastern Afghan province of Logar.

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The Epoch Times

UN Experts Call for Investigating Taliban’s Treatment of Women After Public Lashings

The United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have called for investigating the issue of subjugation of women’s rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban as gender persecution after reports of women being subject to lashings. In Afghanistan, the violation of women’s fundamental rights, which are already “severe and unacceptable,” have risen in recent months, the experts said according to a Nov. 25 U.N. news release. The Special Rapporteurs insisted that su…

1 year ago·New York, United States

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FijiTimes

Taliban’s treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts

GENEVA (Reuters) -The Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of U.N. experts said on Friday.The assessment by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett and nine other U.N. experts says the treatment of women and girls may amount to “gender persecution” under the Rome Statute to which Afghanis…

1 year ago·Fiji

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The Manila Times

'Taliban's treatment of women a crime vs humanity'

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to a crime against humanity and should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, a team of United Nations-appointed experts said on Friday.The experts' statement followed confirmation from the Taliban that three women were among 12 people lashed on Wednesday in front of hundreds of spectators at a provincial sports stadium. It signaled the hardline Isla…

1 year ago·Manila, Philippines

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24ur.com

'Taliban's treatment of women could be called a crime against humanity'

The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could be called a crime against humanity and should be investigated and prosecuted in accordance with international law, a UN panel of experts said on Friday. The accusations were immediately denied by the Taliban.

1 year ago·Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Khaama Press

UN Experts Call for Investigations on Treatment of Women in Afghanistan

Following reports of women being lashed, the Special Rapporteurs of the UN have demanded an investigation into the suppression of women’s rights in Afghanistan as a form of gender persecution.Experts stated that in Afghanistan, recent months have seen a rise in the fundamental rights abuses of women, which are already “severe and unacceptable,” according to a news release from the UN on November 25.The Special Rapporteurs warned that such gender…

1 year ago·Kabul, Afghanistan

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