Liberty & Security

This right protects individuals from unlawful detention and guarantees personal safety. Included here are decrees authorizing arbitrary arrest, surveillance, or imprisonment without charge.
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DEC1-10302022

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

DEC3-08022022

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

DEC5-08012022

Taliban order male employees of the Ministry of Education to grow beards, and women employees to observe the hijab.

DEC2-07152022

Abolition of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Combating Violence Against Women.

DEC3-06162022

Women not permitted to file complaints against their husbands in court in Herat.

DEC9-06012022

Taliban enforces verbal directive in Herat banning unaccompanied women from using local transport or bicycle taxis.

DEC5-05082022

Official Taliban leader decree mandating national committee to develop national hijab enforcement policy with tiered punishments for non-compliance.

DEC5-05072022-A

Official Decree mandating women cover their faces in public, and ordering punishment of male family members if they fail to do so.

DEC5-05072022-B

Full-face hijab mandated for women, with penalties for male guardians upon violation.

DEC3-05042022

Dissolved the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan and five other institutions.

DEC11-04292022

Taliban court orders inhumane solitary confinement for detainee in civil dispute, denying visitation and basic rights.

DEC3-04142022

Arbitrary and degrading detention in Taliban Prisons.

DEC11-02112022

Taliban arrest Nayera Kohestani and her fellow protesters.

DEC11-01222022

Taliban arrested Tamana Prayani and her sisters in Kabul in a night raid.

DEC11-11122021

Taliban arrested Wasima Kohistani.

DEC3-10182021

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

DEC11-10182021

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

DEC8-09092021

The Taliban’s Interior Ministry prohibit demonstrations nationwide unless pre-approved by authorities, warning of legal consequences for violations.

DEC3-08232021

Resumption of Hudud and Qisas in crimes of theft, kidnapping, and sedition.
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