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Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban said Thursday (September 26, 2024) it was absurd to accuse them of gender discrimination and other human rights violations, as four countries vow to hold Afghanistan’s rulers accountable under international law for their treatment of women and girls.Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands are set to start legal proceedings against the Taliban for violating a U.N. convention on women, to which Afghanistan is a party. The countries launched the initiative on Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, which is taking place in New York until Monday.Despite promising more moderate rule after they seized power in 2021, the Taliban have barred women and girls from education beyond sixth grade, many publ...

The story so far: The Taliban last week announced a new law on the “Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on the people of Afghanistan. It not only bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public, but silences their voices as well. It also seeks to regulate many aspects of daily life, from music and games, to travel, dress, and sexual practices. What does the law say? The 114-page document published in the official gazette says that women must cover their entire bodies and faces “due to the fear of temptation”, in the presence of unrelated men, as well as non-Muslim and “immoral” women. A woman’s voice — singing, chanting, or reciting aloud — is considered awrah or intimate and must not be heard. “Wheneve...

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