Taliban Flogs Four In Public Punishment In Kapisa, Zabul
The Taliban Supreme Court said the group publicly flogged four people in the provinces of Kapisa and Zabul in front of local residents.
The Taliban said the individuals were accused of theft, received between 20 and 35 lashes, and were each sentenced to two years in prison.
The Taliban Supreme Court announced the punishments in separate statements issued on Sunday and Monday.
The Taliban has flogged about 90 people in various provinces across Afghanistan in the past week alone.
Over the past four years, the Taliban have reported the public corporal punishment of citizens almost daily. The group says issuing corporal punishment sentences against defendants constitutes the implementation of Islamic sharia.
The United Nations and other human rights organisations have repeatedly called on the Taliban to stop corporal punishment of citizens, but the group has continued the practice.
International and human rights organisations consider public corporal punishment to be a violation of human dignity. Human rights groups also say the Taliban’s judicial system does not meet recognised legal standards and that defendants are deprived of basic fair-trial rights, including access to legal counsel.
