The United Nations on Wednesday condemned the public flogging of more than sixty people in Afghanistan, calling on the Taliban’s de facto authorities to end the practice. Some 63 people were publicly flogged in the northern Sharipul province yesterday Tuesday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported via X. “UNAMA reaffirms that it condemns corporal punishment and calls for respect for international obligations (including the Afghan authorities) in terms of human rights,” he underlined. After regaining power in the country on August 15, 2021, the Taliban are once again implementing an extremely extreme version of sharia, Islamic law. Public executions — common during the Taliban’s first period in power (1996-2001) — have become less common in recent years. Corporal punishments, on the other hand, many of which are carried out in public, are very common. They are mainly carried out with a whip, to punish offenses such as theft, adultery, drinking alcohol… Source: APE
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