Taliban treatment of women could be crime against humanity — UN expert

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Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan said Friday.

Richard Bennett and other UN experts said the Taliban's targeting of women and girls deepen "flagrant violations of their human rights and freedoms that are already the most draconian globally and may amount to gender persecution -- a crime against humanity".

Afghan women have also been barred from travelling without a male relative and must cover up with a burqa or hijab when outside the home.Schools for teenage girls have also been shuttered across most of the country. "Confining women to their homes is tantamount to imprisonment and is likely leading to increased levels of domestic violence and mental health challenges."

Women human rights defenders peacefully protesting the restrictions have for months been increasingly targeted, beaten, and arrested, they added.

 

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