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But in terms of international reputation of the Taliban, this basically means a complete erosion of their international legitimacy, if they had any,
This ongoing persecution entails numerous severe deprivations of victims' fundamental rights, contrary to international law, including the right to physical integrity and autonomy, to free movement and free expression, to education, to private and family life, and to free assembly,
The judges of the International Criminal Court will now determine whether these applications for arrest warrants establish reasonable grounds to believe that the named individuals committed the alleged crimes. If the judges issue the warrants, my Office will work closely with the Registrar in all efforts to arrest the individuals, ... as in
This is an important moment for Afghan women and girls who have been waiting much too long for justice,
HRW’s women’s rights deputy director, Heather Barr, told AFP, calling for "other efforts to hold the Taliban fully accountable". My Office has concluded that these two Afghan nationals are criminally responsible for persecuting Afghan girls and women … and persons whom the Taliban perceived as allies of girls and women,
Three years after the Taliban retook power, their systematic violations of women and girls' rights... have accelerated with complete impunity,
said Liz Evenson, HRW's international justice director Afghan women and girls as well as the LGBTQI+ community are facing an unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution by the Taliban. Our action signals that the status quo for women and girls in Afghanistan is not acceptable,
Perceived resistance or opposition to the Taliban was, and is, brutally repressed through the commission of crimes including murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, enforced disappearance, and other inhumane acts,
The Taliban have been systematically denying women and girls of Afghanistan their fundamental rights for the past three and a half years. It’s time for them to be held accountable for these violations,
Fereshta Abbasi, an Afghanistan researcher for HRW, told CNN Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,
said Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the government We are also hoping to see the ICC expand its investigation for other grave abuses, including those committed by international military forces and the Islamic State in Afghanistan,
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