Taliban Flogs Two People In Badghis & Nangarhar
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said two people were flogged in public in Badghis and Nangarhar.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday, April 14, that in Badghis a woman received 20 lashes on charges of extramarital relations, while in Nangarhar a person was given 39 lashes for kidnapping and extramarital relations.
The Taliban also sentenced the woman in Badghis to one year of enforced imprisonment, and the individual in Nangarhar to one year and six months of discretionary imprisonment.
Human rights organisations say the Taliban’s judicial system is non-standard, and that defendants are deprived of even the most basic fair trial procedures, including access to legal counsel.
United Nations experts have strongly condemned the increase in public corporal punishments in Afghanistan, describing them as a clear violation of international human rights law.
