Assembly & Association

Freedom of assembly protects the right to gather peacefully and form groups. This section focuses on legal restrictions on protests, organizing, and participation in civil or political associations.
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DEC1-10302022

Lashing and beating of female students at Badakhshan University for not wearing hijab.

DEC10-01152025

Taliban ban on women’s participation in mosque worship and Shia itikaf ceremonies in Herat Province.

DEC10-01312023

The Taliban shut down a women's karate club in Farah.

DEC10-05292024

Taliban fighters forcibly shut down the inauguration of a women-led coffee shop and library in Kabul.

DEC10-07112023-B

Taliban enforcement restricts Shia religious rituals.

DEC11-02112022

Taliban arrest Nayera Kohestani and her fellow protesters.

DEC11-02182025

Taliban arrested and reportedly tortured a civil society activist in Kunduz, detaining him without publicly stating the reason for the arrest.

DEC11-02222022

Talibal extract forced confessions from female protestors.

DEC11-03262023-A

Taliban detained Ruqeya Sayee and two other female protestors.

DEC11-03262023-B

Taliban detains women protesters demonstrating against the closure of girls' schools.

DEC11-09272023

Taliban detains women's rights activist Julia Parsi and her child from their home in Kabul.

DEC11-10182021

Taliban orders the arrest and punishment of twenty civic activists accused of opposing the regime.

DEC11-12232023

Protesting women detained in Kabul.

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...

DEC12-07312024-20

Article 28 of PVPV Law mandates community-wide enforcement of Taliban-defined morality through schools and religious leaders.

DEC12-07312024-6

Article 13 of PVPV Law enforces full-body covering, bans public female speech, and restricts women's visibility and movement.

DEC2-01052025

Taliban barred women producers from participating in a handicrafts and trade exhibition in Kandahar, allowing male family members to represent them.

DEC2-02222025

Taliban suspend the foreign NGO, “Women for Women” organization’s activities in Kabul.

DEC2-05292024

The Taliban halted the opening ceremony of a café and library for women in Kabul.
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