Gender Equality

All persons, regardless of gender, are entitled to equal treatment under the law. This section focuses on decrees uniquely affecting women, from clothing and mobility to speech and participation in public life.
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DEC3-07012024-B

The Taliban punished 4 individuals for same-sex relationships in Parwan province.

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.

DEC3-08072023-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.

DEC3-08172023

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.

DEC3-08292024

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.

DEC3-10172024

A woman and a man in Logar province were sentenced to four months of imprisonment and 39 lashes for engaging in 'illicit relations'.

DEC3-10202024

A woman and a man in Takhar province were sentenced to 39 lashes, after being convicted for adultery.

DEC3-11032024

Taliban intelligence detained the brother of a female protester in Takhar in apparent retaliation for her activism.

DEC3-11042024

A woman and a man in Takhar province were sentenced to 39 lashes, after being convicted for adultery.

DEC3-11052024

Four women and nineteen men in Jawzjan province were sentenced to between 25 and 39 lashes for moral offenses.

DEC3-11172024

Taliban publicly flogged three individuals, including one woman, in Faryab for 'moral' offenses.

DEC3-11182024

Taliban sentenced and flogged a woman in Baghlan with 30 lashes and six months’ imprisonment following a discretionary court ruling for alleged moral offenses...

DEC3-11192022-B

Failure to handle women's cases in Takhar.
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