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.
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DEC3-12262023

Field trial and public shooting of a woman in Faryab province.

DEC5-01022024

Decree mandating hijab for women, with escalating penalties enforced on male guardians and issuance of arrest orders for women without hijabs in Kabul.

DEC7-07072024

Taliban shut down the local radio station (Kawoon Ghag) in Laghman.

DEC7-08262024-A

Taliban in Kandahar have banned the use of drones for filming.

DEC7-08272024

Taliban imprisoned a young man in Nangarhar for publishing an image of the tricolor flag.
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