Torture & Ill-Treatment

Protection from cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment is non-derogable. This section includes decrees enabling corporal punishment, humiliation, or field punishments without medical oversight.
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DEC3-03032024

Written directive from Sar-e Pol Appeals Court leads to public flogging for “immoral conduct” after prison sentence completion.

DEC3-03162025

A former woman detainee reported sexual abuse, humiliation, and coercion by Taliban authorities during detention for protesting and speaking to the media in Balkh...

DEC3-03232023

Execution of punitive sentences on more than two individuals in the Char Sadah district of Ghazni province.

DEC3-03232025

A woman and a man were publicly flogged and sentenced to imprisonment in Ghazni Province following Supreme Court announcements for alleged “moral corruption.”

DEC3-04012024

Written court orders lead to public flogging and imprisonment in Faryab for adultery and fleeing home.

DEC3-04032023

Flogging sentence executed on two individuals in bamiyan province.

DEC3-04142022

Arbitrary and degrading detention in Taliban Prisons.

DEC3-04202023

Execution of punitive sentences on more than six individuals in Faryab province.

DEC3-05012024

Detention of a women's rights activist by the Taliban in Takhar province.

DEC3-05062024

Written court orders approved by Supreme Court lead to public flogging and imprisonment of 4 individuals in Badakhshan.

DEC3-05112023

The punishment of two individuals for the charge of illicit marriage in Jawzjan province.

DEC3-05142024

Taliban flogged a woman and a man in Ghazni for an alleged extramarital relationship.

DEC3-05192024

Taliban punished two individuals for adultery in Badakhshan province.

DEC3-05262024

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

DEC3-05302024

Taliban punished four individuals in Kunduz province.

DEC3-06022024

Taliban punished two individuals in Kapisa province.

DEC3-06042024

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

DEC3-06162024

Former soldier in Khost beaten and imprisoned on verbal order by Taliban intelligence.

DEC3-06272024

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

DEC3-07012024-A

Written court order leads to public flogging for adultery in Panjshir.
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