JAKARTA - The United Nations condemns the Taliban for the implementation of public executions, denounces and seams since the takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, in a scathing report released on Monday.
The report calls for an immediate termination of such practices, saying the Afghan legal system "failed to protect a just court and guarantees legal proceedings".
In the past six months, the United Nations said 274 men and two boys had been publicly lashed in connection with various offenses, including illicit sexual intercourse, escaping from home, theft, homosexuality, consuming alcohol, fraud and drug trafficking, reported The National News on May 9.
The United Nations said the use of physical penalties "enhanced significantly" after Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for Taliban authorities, tweeted on November 13 last year that the group's supreme leader had met with judges to emphasize their obligation to carry out the sentence.
The sentences imposed included beatings, beatings, amputation and executions by shooting, clamping and hanging.
Fraser, head of human rights for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said physical punishment was a violation of the Convention Against Torture - in which Afghanistan is one of the countries that signed it - and must be stopped.
UN report on corporal punishment and death penalty released today:274 men, 58 women and two boys publicly flogged in last six months in #Afghanistan. Read full report: https://t.co/hUvWzrn0lx1/3 pic.twitter.com/eDrZ395pZ8
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UN report on corporal punishment and death penalty released today:274 men, 58 women and two boys publicly flogged in last six months in #Afghanistan. Read full report: https://t.co/hUvWzrn0lx1/3 pic.twitter.com/eDrZ395pZ8
He added that the world body strongly opposes the death penalty and asks the Taliban to carry out a "immediate moratorium" against execution.
UNAMA notes that this punishment is nothing new. Starting in 2005, when the Taliban expanded its controls in various regions, they established alternative justice systems in those areas, imposing penalties such as whips, amputation and execution with the aim of providing greater control, upholding strict compliance with the interpretation of the Taliban regarding Sharia.
The mission also warned that the Taliban's refusal to grant permission to female lawyers and the omission of female judges from the justice system had a negative impact on women and girls.
The Taliban documented the first public crackdown in October 2021 in northern Kapisa province, according to the report.
The sentence was given to a man and woman found guilty of adultery, both of whom received 100 lashes in front of Taliban officials and local clerics.
In December 2022, Taliban authorities carried out their first public execution since seizing power, punishing an Afghan citizen to death for murder.
The execution was carried out by the victim's own father.
"As long as the Taliban show insults to international human rights law, these barbaric practices will continue," said Patricia Grossman, director of Human Rights Watch Asia.
He also urged the government involved with the Taliban, including members of the UN Security Council, to press for an end to "These violations and insist international sanctions will remain in effect and can be extended, if these violations continue".
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