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The United Nations Special Rapporteurs have called for an investigation of the subjugation of women's rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban as gender persecution following reports of women being subject to lashings.
In Afghanistan, the violation of women's fundamental rights, which are already "severe and unacceptable," have risen in recent months, the experts said, according to a Nov. 25 U.N. statement. The Special Rapporteurs insisted that such gender persecution, which can be prosecuted under international law, is a crime against humanity.
Before the U.S. war in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 terror attacks, public lashing punishments were common under Taliban rule. Stonings and public executions were also common....