Arbitrary Punishment

The right to be free from punishment without due process is foundational to international law. This section includes decrees involving extrajudicial penalties, public beatings, and administrative punishments.
Explore

Filters

Type of Decree

  • Enforcement Action
  • Official Decree
  • Taliban Leader Order
  • Verbal Decree
  • Verbal Directive
  • Verbal Order
  • Written Decree
  • Written Directive
  • Written Order

Delivery Methods

  • Draft Bill
  • Fatwa
  • Media Report
  • Media Statement
  • Official Announcement
  • Official Declaration
  • Official Gazette
  • Official Guide
  • Official Inquiry
  • Official Letter
  • Official Meeting
  • Official Notice
  • Phone Call
  • Press/News Conference
  • Speech
  • Supreme Court Newsletter
  • Survivor Testimony
  • UN Letter
  • Video Clip

Date

  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024

Targeted Gender

  • Both
  • Men
  • Women

Original Source

  • Yes

DEC3-07022024

Written court orders lead to mass public flogging & imprisonment of 18 individuals in Uruzgan for vague moral offenses.

DEC3-07032024-A

Written court orders lead to public flogging of 2 individuals in Badghis for adultery.

DEC3-07032024-B

Taliban gang rape and sexual torture of a woman in a Taliban prison.

DEC3-07132023

Implementation of a punitive sentence on over four individuals, including one woman, was carried out in the Paghman district of Kabul province.

DEC3-07242024

Former Takhar provincial official tortured in Taliban custody in Takhar.

DEC3-08022022

Dissolved investigative powers of Attorney General's Office, transferring responsibilities to Taliban Intelligence Services.

DEC3-08072023-A

The execution of disciplinary punishment on more than four individuals in Faryab province.

DEC3-08072023-B

The public sentencing of four individuals, including one woman, to corporal punishment for adultery and sodomy, in Faryab province.

DEC3-08142024

Taliban fighters carry out extrajudicial killing of newlywed young man in Kabul for overtaking vehicle.

DEC3-08172023

The execution of disciplinary punishment on over 19 individuals took place in Sar-e Pol province.

DEC3-08172024

Taliban issues stoning order for a woman in Balkh province for adultery.

DEC3-08182024

Taliban fighters gouge out civilian driver’s eye at checkpoint in Baghlan.

DEC3-08252024

Written military court order leads to public execution of 3 individuals for “moral corruption” in Badakhshan.

DEC3-08292024

Taliban flogged one women and two men in Khost province.

DEC3-09222024

Written court order confirmed by Supreme Court leads to flogging of woman in Herat for adultery.

DEC3-10092023

Execution of the punishment on more than two individuals, including one woman, in Bamyan province.

DEC3-10182021

Taliban issued arrest warrants for 20 civil society activists in Balkh province.

DEC3-11112023

The implementation of punitive measures on more than 25 individuals in Nimroz province.

DEC3-11132022

The directive of the Taliban leader on the implementation of Hudud (Offences) punishments and retribution.

DEC3-11192022-A

Flogging sentences carried out on over 10 men and 9 women in takhar province.
1 2 3 4 Page 3 of 4
An Initiative of
Civic Engagement Project

©2025 Afghanistan Justice Archive.
All rights reserved.