Killings of women, ex-army personnel on the rise, public floggings and executions return: experts Women in Afghanistan
A disturbing new report on Afghanistan
It has come forward. According to the report, incidents of beheading of women and throwing their bodies in rivers and streets have been revealed under the Taliban regime.
A study by the organization "Afghan Witness" or "Afghan Witness" found that since the Taliban seized power in August two years ago, there have been 3,329 alleged human rights violations in Afghanistan.
Using data from open sources, researchers have reported 1,977 allegations of human rights violations since January of last year. These violations include cases of murder, detention and torture.
This research has revealed hundreds of reports of women being violently killed by the Taliban. The report noted that there has been a "gradual increase" in the number of femicides.
According to the report, since January 2022, the organization "Afghan Witness" has filed reports of women being killed individually. Most of these women who were killed were subjected to violence and brutality.
The researchers said they recorded 188 such cases across the country between January last year and July this year, and the reports included cases of women who were beheaded or shot, as well as Knife stabs were also done. According to the organization, their bodies were often thrown in rivers or streets. Sometimes there were reports that they were tortured or killed by suffocation.
David Osborne of the "Afghan Witness" project said the Taliban had reneged on a number of promises, including the rights of women and girls. The implementation of amnesty to the authorities and security personnel was also not implemented.
According to experts, since the Taliban came to power, there has been an increase in reported cases of killing of women. Floggings and public hangings are reintroduced. Incidents of killings and arrests of former security and armed forces personnel have also increased. Repression is being imposed on civil society, media and human rights activists.
According to experts, it was impossible to verify all the reported cases, but reports from a large number of Afghans highlighted widespread human rights abuses by the Taliban and others.
Osborne added that despite the threats, many women continued to protest. But these voices and the voices of the civil society in Afghanistan as a whole did not seem to creep on the ears of the Taliban rulers.
In this context, the researchers have also recorded 56 orders issued by the Supreme Court of the Taliban. More than 350 people have been sentenced in these orders. These punishments mainly target alleged moral offenses related to adultery, homosexuality and illicit relations. The first public corporal punishment was carried out in October 2022.
