UN calls on Taliban to halt flogging, executions in Afghanistan

May 09, 2023

Human Rights Chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Fiona Frazer, in a statement said the Taliban's corporal punishment is against international law.

Taliban flogging of 20 people brings back hardline practices of old regime

Dec 15, 2022

The lashings allegedly took place at the sports stadium in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of southern Helmand on Wednesday, Khaama Press quoted Mohammad...

UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment

May 12, 2023

A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on...

Afghanistan: Taliban publicly flogs boy, girl for having pre-marital affair

Nov 18, 2022

Afghanistan's local court in Bamyan ordered public flogging for a boy and a girl for having pre-marital affair.

Chopra flogging incident: West Bengal police make second arrest

Jul 03, 2024

According to police sources, the arrested person identified as one Amirul, is the aide of Tajmul Haque, alias JCB the prime accused who is...

Imprisoned children in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnesty

Mar 18, 2023

Citing a report by the Rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran are facing severe torture and are facing sexual...