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DEC12-07312024-19

Article 27 of PVPV Law requires overseers to ensure timely prisoner release and access to religious obligations.

DEC12-07312024-20

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

DEC12-07312024-1

Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.

DEC12-07312024-21

PVPV Law mandates ideological training, supervision and reporting systems to the Supreme Leader to ensure strict enforcement of moral regulations and suppress dissent under...

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...

DEC12-07312024-22

PVPC law centralizes final authority over morality enforcement with the Supreme Leader and invalidates all conflicting legislation, Articles 32-35, Law of Promotion of Virtue...

DEC12-07312024-3

Articles 1-3 of PVPV Law formally establishes a religious enforcement regime under Taliban leadership, defining virtue and vice by Hanafi Sharia and empowering officials...

DEC12-07312024-5

Articles 9-12 PVPV of Law empowers state-appointed overseers to enforce moral codes through public surveillance and non-judicial interventions.

DEC12-07312024-6

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

DEC12-07312024-7

Article 14 of PVPV Law imposes religious dress codes on men, limiting personal autonomy and expression.

DEC12-07312024-8

Article 15 of PVPV Law mandates state enforcement of dress codes, eroding bodily autonomy and religious freedom.

DEC12-07312024-12

Article 19 of PVPV Law mandates enforced prayer in public recreational areas, undermining religious freedom and personal autonomy.

DEC12-07312024-13

Article 20 of PVPV Law mandates gender segregation and religious observance in transport, severely restricting women’s mobility and personal autonomy.

DEC12-07312024-14

Article 21 of PVPV Law empowers officials to regulate bodily modesty even in private bathing and leisure, reinforcing state control over personal behavior.

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...

DEC5-07032024

The Taliban have issued a directive in Daikundi province requiring women to wear Arabic and Islamic-style hijabs.

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.

DEC6-06292024

Detention of woman refusing forced marriage in Kunduz province.

DEC3-06272024

Punishment of a woman and a man in Kunar for illicit relations, and punishment for 3 persons in Paktika for illicit relations.

DEC1-06172024

Taliban spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education reiterated the fatwa banning girls’ education.

DEC3-06042024

Taliban punished two individuals in Panjshir province for illicit relations and fleeing home.

DEC5-06032024

Taliban Education Directorate distributes burqas and uniforms to elementary school girls in Badakhshan.

DEC3-06022024

Taliban punished two individuals in Kapisa province.

DEC3-05302024

Taliban punished four individuals in Kunduz province.

DEC3-05262024

Taliban punished 1 woman and 7 men in Ghor province for moral crimes.

DEC6-05242024

Murder of a girl due to rejecting a marriage proposal in Faryab province.