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Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.
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Year-ender 2022: How a 'custodial death' took women to war against Iran's
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The alleged custodial death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had come visiting her brother in Tehran on September 13, 2022, fell in the crosshairs of the country's so-called morality police instead. She was arrested, allegedly for wearing her hijab (headscarf) loosely, at the po
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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Alidoosti had condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.
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Afghanistan: UN experts call on Taliban to immediately halt public floggin
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
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Iran carries out second public execution linked to anti-government protest
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to Iranian state television, protester Majidreza Rahnavard convicted for stabbing and killing two security agents, was hanged to death in public this morning in the city of Mashhad.
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Taliban defends public execution, calls punishment is "divine command"
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A spokesperson for the Islamic Emirates, Bilal Karimi said, "The execution yesterday took place after many investigations, which were aligned with Islamic (law). All sides should not have any concern in this regard and should respect it."
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Systematic exclusion of Afghan women under Taliban continues, says UN righ
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
While giving the opening statement at the press conference today, Turk said, "Afghanistan, where the continued systematic exclusion of women and girls from virtually all aspects of life is unparalleled in this world. It deprives the country as a whole of the benefit of the significant con
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Taliban defends public execution, terms criticism as 'interference' in Afg
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that their action was criticised due to a lack of information about Islam and Afghanistan.
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EU delivers medicines, nutritional aid to crisis-hit Afghanistan
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Afghanistan received a humanitarian cargo containing medicines and humanitarian aid from the European Union (EU) on Thursday. According to Khaama Press, humanitarian aid has reached Kabul via the EU humanitarian air bridge.
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'Deeply disturbing': UN on first public execution since Taliban takeover
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Taliban on Wednesday carried out the first public execution of a man charged with murder since the militant group took over the country last year, Voice of America (VOA) reported. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the public execution of a man took place in a sports stadium in wes
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"Return to abusive practices of 1990s": US slams Afghan public execution
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking during the US State Department press briefing on Wednesday, spokesperson Ned Price said, "This indicates to us that the Taliban seek to - seek a return to their regressive and abusive practices of the 1990s."
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Afghanistan: Taliban publicly execute man convicted of murder in Farah pro
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the execution took place in a sports stadium in western Farah province early morning.
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