Date: 13/04/1446

Discretionary Criminal Sentences Issued to Two Offenders in Logar Province
In accordance with the ruling of the Primary Court of Kharwar District in Logar Province, discretionary criminal sentences were executed on 13/04/1446 Hijri Qamari against two individuals including one woman convicted of engaging in illicit relations.

During the public gathering held for the implementation of the sentence, which was attended by officials from the judiciary and other Emirate institutions, religious scholars spoke about the significance and benefits of enforcing Hudud and Ta’zir (discretionary) punishments.

The Primary Court had sentenced the male offender to four months of enforceable imprisonment and 39 lashes, and the female offender to four months of enforceable imprisonment and 35 lashes. The ruling was implemented following its approval by the Supreme Court.

The public flogging and imprisonment imposed by a Taliban court in Logar Province constitute the infliction of cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment, carried out without internationally recognized guarantees of due process or judicial independence. The criminalization and punishment of alleged private conduct, including the public corporal punishment of a woman, reflects the discriminatory application of morality-based laws and the use of physical punishment as an instrument of state enforcement.