The Taliban publicly flogged 9 convicted of theft and “sodomy” in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar, a report stated. Authorities and residents have been current throughout the lashing as spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, stated the convicts have been lashed 35-39 occasions, as per Tolo Information.
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“The Supreme Courtroom stated in an announcement that 9 individuals have been punished in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar on Tuesday on fees of theft and ‘sodomy'”, Tolo Information reported.
Former coverage advisor to minister for afghan resettlement & minister for refugees within the UK, Shabnam Nasimi stated that Taliban minimize off the fingers of 4 individuals in a soccer stadium in Kandahar.
“The Taliban have reportedly minimize off the fingers of 4 individuals in a soccer stadium in Kandahar at present, accused of theft, in entrance of spectators. Individuals are being lashed, amputated & executed in Afghanistan, with out truthful trial and due course of. This can be a human rights violation,” she tweeted.
Final 12 months in December, Taliban publicly executed a person, in what apparently marked the primary public execution because the group seized energy in August 2021 after US troop withdrawal.
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UN specialists have condemned using flogging as a type of punished and referred to as on Taliban to right away halt all types of extreme punishments.
“We’re moreover elevating doubts in regards to the equity of the trials previous these punishments, which seem to not fulfill primary truthful trial ensures. Worldwide human rights legislation prohibits the implementation of such merciless sentences, particularly the demise penalty, following trials that apparently don’t supply the required truthful trial ensures,” specialists stated in an announcement.