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UN Special Rapporteur urges Taliban to lift ban on Afghan women working in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Richard Bennett has urged the Taliban to lift the ban on women working in non-governmental organizations.
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UN special rapporteur condemns lack of accountability for crimes in Afghan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, condemned the lack of accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and human rights violations, TOLO News reported.
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"Taliban imposed system of widespread discrimination against women in Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a system of widespread discrimination against women and girls," TOLOnews reported.
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UN Special Rapporteur urges release of Chinese human rights defender Guo F
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"Guo Feixiong is unjustly imprisoned, and he is in a critical state of health," said Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. "UN human rights experts have sent 10 urgent letters to authorities about his situation since 2006. He must be released immediat
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'International community has betrayed Afghan women': UN special rapporteur
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid the worsening women's rights situation in Afghanistan, the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett said that women and girls in Afghanistan have lost trust in the global community and the international community has betrayed Afghan women, reported Khaama Press.
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“Thin, tight, short” clothes banned in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The citizens of the province have been directed not to wear "tight, thin, and short" clothing, calling it an imitation of Western culture.
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UN official calls on Taliban to “reverse draconian policies” on women
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennet, called on the Taliban to reverse the “draconian, misogynist policies” against women and allow them to work and run businesses, Tolo News reported.
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Women's public presence in Afghanistan totally erased by Taliban: UN
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Irene Khan said in a report that women's rights groups play an important role in the struggle for gender equality and in promoting the agency of women.
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Systematic discrimination against women in Afghanistan, UN report highligh
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"One of the most illustrative examples of the systematic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan today is the relentless issuance of edicts, decrees, declarations and directives restricting their rights, including their freedom of movement, attire and behaviour, and their acces
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Forced marriages, conversions continue in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
According to the data compiled by one of Christian Solidarity Worldwide's (CSW) local partners in Pakistan, the Centre for Social Justice, 202 incidents were recorded and documented between 2021-2022. Almost all of them took place within the Sindh and Punjab provinces.
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India slams UN Special Rapporteur's comments on Kashmir ahead of G20 meet
Updated : 3 years ago IST
India's mission to United Nations slammed Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues over the comment on G20 meet in Srinagar and called it "baseless and unwanted."
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 3 years ago IST
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 the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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