GENEVA – Marking three years since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, UN experts* are urging the international community not to normalise the de facto authorities or their human rights violating regime, particularly their institutionalised system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls. They issued the following joint statement (non-official Dari (دري) (Word) and Pashto (پښتو) (Word) translation): “Over the past three years, the people of Afghanistan, especially women and girls, have been subjected to an appalling and intensifying attack on their rights and…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 14 August 2024. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
