UN Voices 'Grave Concern' After Taliban Arrests Afghan Women Over Dress Violations
UN Women said Taliban security forces opened fire on protesters, killing 2 people and injuring more than 20 after arrests over dress rules.
- In the western city of Herat, Taliban authorities arrested at least 30 women for violating dress rules, though local officials have denied the reports.
- Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls, enforced by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
- Sarah Champion, a program manager for Doctors Without Borders , said authorities detained a paramedic for two days despite the staffer wearing a Health Ministry-approved uniform.
- Rare protests in Herat against the detentions were violently dispersed by Taliban police on Monday; the United Nations reported at least one person was killed and more than 20 were injured.
- The United Nations said it is "gravely concerned" by the arrests, noting they have heightened fear among women and girls across Afghanistan, further threatening access to essential healthcare services.
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Two Killed by Gunfire During Afghan Protests After 30 Women Arrested for Hijab Violation UN agencies reported that Afghan Taliban authorities arrested at least 30 women on charges of violating women's dress codes, including the hijab, and that at least two people died while suppressing protests against this action. (UN, 13)
UN raises alarm over Afghan women’s detentions for dress violation
UNITED NATIONS - UN Women, the world body’s gender equality agency, has voiced grave concern over the arrest of at least 30 women in Herat city last weekend in Afghanistan for allegedly violating dress requirements imposed by Taliban authorities.
Authorities in Herat, western Afghanistan, have arrested at least 30 women accused of violating a dress code imposed by the Taliban government, the United Nations said. Some of the women were later released.
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
UN experts condemn crackdown on women by Afghan morality police
"Allegations that women were detained for dress code violations are deeply concerning and may constitute arbitrary and unlawful detention, as it appears to penalise the exercise of their right to freedom of expression and right to be free from gender discrimination," says experts' statement
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