Taliban issue over 200 decrees, orders violating human rights since 2021

The Taliban have issued over 200 decrees and orders that violate human rights since August 2021, according to a report released by human rights organizations.

News Center- The Taliban have issued over 200 decrees and orders that violate the rights of the Afghan people, especially women, since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, said a report released by human rights organizations on Monday.

“From August 2021 and October 2023, the Taliban issued over 200 decrees and orders that violate the rights of the Afghan people, especially women,” the report said.

“Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Afghanistan has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls. Afghan women and girls have experienced deep inequality and been affected by armed conflicts. The Taliban have implemented policies of oppression, aiming at erasing women completely from public, political and social arenas.”

Mentioning the session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group held in Geneva on the human rights situations in Afghanistan, the report said, “The Taliban have enacted laws banning women's participation in work and education. Although the international community has released statements condemning the rights violations and human rights activists repeatedly call on the international organizations to stop rights violations, no action has been taken so far.”