GENEVA (12 August 2022) – _UN experts* today said the international community must dramatically step up efforts to urge de facto authorities to adhere to basic human rights principles, warning that Afghanistan's future is bleak if more is not done to reverse the deteriorating human rights situation, particularly for women and girls_. _Their statement is as follows:_ "It has been one year since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. At that time, we again called on the international community to take stringent actions to protect Afghans from human rights…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 12 August 2022. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
