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DEC3-08142024
Taliban fighters carry out extrajudicial killing of newlywed young man in Kabul for overtaking vehicle.
DEC12-07312024-1
Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.
DEC12-07312024-2
Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...
DEC12-07312024-15
Article 22 of PVPV Law criminalizes a wide array of behaviors - from LGBTQ+ identity and women's public speech to cultural celebrations - codifying...
DEC12-07312024-16
Article 23 of PVPV Law holds officials responsible for preventing immoral acts by children, the mentally disabled, and non-Muslim residents, raising serious concerns about...
DEC12-07312024-17
Articles 24 & 25 of PVPV Law grants religious officials the power to issue non-judicial punishments for “immoral acts,” including detention and financial penalties.
DEC3-07242024
Former Takhar provincial official tortured in Taliban custody in Takhar.
DEC7-07072024
Taliban shut down the local radio station (Kawoon Ghag) in Laghman.
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.
DEC3-07022024
Written court orders lead to mass public flogging & imprisonment of 18 individuals in Uruzgan for vague moral offenses.
DEC3-07012024-B
The Taliban punished 4 individuals for same-sex relationships in Parwan province.
DEC3-07012024-A
Written court order leads to public flogging for adultery in Panjshir.
DEC3-06272024
Punishment of a woman and a man in Kunar for illicit relations, and punishment for 3 persons in Paktika for illicit relations.
DEC3-06162024
Former soldier in Khost beaten and imprisoned on verbal order by Taliban intelligence.
DEC3-06042024
Taliban punished two individuals in Panjshir province for illicit relations and fleeing home.
DEC3-06022024
Taliban punished two individuals in Kapisa province.
DEC11-05302024
Taliban intelligence detains cultural figure Yama Maqsoodi in Kabul, whereabouts unknown.
DEC3-05302024
Taliban punished four individuals in Kunduz province.
DEC3-05262024
Taliban punished 1 woman and 7 men in Ghor province for moral crimes.
DEC3-05192024
Taliban punished two individuals for adultery in Badakhshan province.
DEC3-05142024
Taliban flogged a woman and a man in Ghazni for an alleged extramarital relationship.
DEC3-05062024
Written court orders approved by Supreme Court lead to public flogging and imprisonment of 4 individuals in Badakhshan.
DEC3-05012024
Detention of a women's rights activist by the Taliban in Takhar province.
DEC3-04012024
Written court orders lead to public flogging and imprisonment in Faryab for adultery and fleeing home.
DEC3-03032024
Written directive from Sar-e Pol Appeals Court leads to public flogging for “immoral conduct” after prison sentence completion.
DEC3-02252024
Official decree by Taliban Supreme Leader authorizes public Qisas execution in Jowzjan following murder conviction.
DEC3-02232024
Taliban punished a women for fleeing her home and two men for theft in Parwan.
DEC3-02212024
Official decree by Taliban Supreme Leader authorizes public execution of two men under Qisas law in Ghazni.
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.