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Over 80 publicly flogged in Afghanistan in past month amid human rights co
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
More than 80 men and women have been subjected to public floggings across Afghanistan over the past month, raising alarm among human rights groups about ongoing abuses and a lack of judicial transparency under Taliban rule.
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Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.
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Afghanistan: UN experts call on Taliban to immediately halt public floggin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
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