From Reuters:
“Taliban's persecution of women could be 'crime against
humanity' - UN report”
The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan
could amount to a crime against humanity, according to a U.N. report presented
on Monday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Taliban seized power in
August 2021, drastically curtailing women's freedoms and rights, including
their ability to attend high school and university.
In a report covering July to December 2022, the U.N. Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett,
found that the Taliban's treatment of women and girls "may amount to
gender persecution, a crime against humanity". "The Taliban's
intentional and calculated policy is to repudiate the human rights of women and
girls and to erase them from public life," Bennett told the United Nations
Human Rights Council. "It may amount to the international crime of gender
persecution for which the authorities can be held accountable."
A spokesperson for the Taliban-run information ministry did
not immediately reply to a request for comment. The Taliban have in the past
said they respect women's rights in line with their interpretation of Islam and
Afghan culture and that they plan to open schools in future once they establish
certain conditions for girls.
Bennett said the Human Rights Council should send a strong
message to the Taliban that the "abysmal treatment of women and girls is
intolerable and unjustifiable on any ground, including religion". "The
cumulative effect of the restrictions on women and girls has a devastating,
long-term impact on the whole population, and it is tantamount to gender
apartheid," he said. In December, the Taliban banned most female aid
workers, prompting many aid agencies to partially suspend operations in the midst
of a humanitarian crisis unfolding during the cold winter months.
^ The World must do much more to help the Women in
Afghanistan against the Taliban and their continued discrimination and
mistreatment of Women. So far we have only used words and nothing more to
punish the Taliban. ^
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