International Criminal Court will issue arrest warrants against Taliban leaders
International Criminal Court will issue arrest warrants against Taliban leaders
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against two high-ranking Taliban leaders on Tuesday. They are accused of pursuing girls and women in Afghanistan.
allegations against Taliban leaders
Haibatullah Akhundzada, the top leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the top judge of the Taliban, are suspected of "the crimes against the humanity of the persecution" of girls, women and "other persons who do not match the gender, gender identity or expression guidelines of the Taliban" the ICC in an explanation.
suppression of women and girls
Since the takeover in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban introduced a number of repressive measures against women and girls. For example, women were to speak in public.
education ban for girls
girl has been prohibited from access to education after the sixth grade. Women have to fully cover their bodies and carry a face cloth in public. They are also prohibited from looking at men who are not related to them.
deprivation of basic rights
"While the Taliban have issued certain rules and prohibitions for the population as a whole, they particularly targeted girls and women because of their gender and withheld fundamental rights and freedoms," said the ICC on Tuesday.
affected groups
The Taliban have greatly deprived specific rights, such as the right to education, privacy and family life as well as the freedom of freedom of movement, expression, thoughts, conscience and religion, girls and women. Other people, including "allies of girls and women" as well as people with sexual orientations or gender identities who are considered "inconsistent with the gender policy of Taliban", were also the target of the Taliban, according to the ICC.
This is a developing history and is updated regularly.
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