The repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women

AdoptedReference RC-B9-0175/2024Gender equality

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The Left37

2513886%

S&D140

1120028100%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 513 votes to 9, with 24 abstentions, a resolution on the repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women.Since taking over the country the Taliban have dismantled the judicial system, ordered judges to fully implement Sharia and resumed public executions and cruel punishments such as flogging and stoning.Furthermore, the Taliban have virtually erased women and girls from public life. Restrictions on their rights include barring their access to work, travel and healthcare without a male relative, banning education beyond sixth grade, denying access to public places and sports, violently enforcing a strict dress code and dismantling the support system for…