GENEVA (11 May 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at a recent announcement by the de facto Supreme Court in Afghanistan sanctioning the use of punishments including stoning, flogging and burying under a wall. “Stoning people to death or burying them under a wall constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment,” the experts said. “These cruel punishments are contrary to international law.”
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 11 May 2023. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
