GENEVA – UN human rights experts* voiced profound concern today over the Taliban's recent enactment of the "Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice," signalling further serious regression in human rights in Afghanistan and an escalation of the group's oppressive regime, highly reminiscent of their rule in the 1990s. The new law deepens the Taliban's already oppressive grip on the lives of Afghans. It reinforces and expands existing discriminatory policies, such as mandatory dress codes, the requirement for women to have a male guardian _(mahram_), and the…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 30 August 2024. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
