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First public execution since Taliban takeover, ‘deeply disturbing’ says UN rights office — Global Issues


Furthermore, he added, it was done in the presence of locals and some senior members of the council. in fact authorities.

Reminding that public executions constitute a form of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” he stressed that they are “arbitrary in nature and contrary to the right to life.” protected by law. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rightsof which Afghanistan is a member state.

According to news reports, the man to be executed has been charged with murder in the western province of Farah, after being accused of stabbing another man to death five years ago. A Taliban spokesman said the execution was carried out by the victim’s father.

More than a dozen senior Taliban officials are said to have attended. In recent weeks, the country’s supreme court has announced a return to the public beating of men and women, for crimes like robbery and adultery.

Prohibition of death penalty

“The death penalty is incompatible with fundamental human rights principles and its use cannot be reconciled with full respect for the right to life,” he said. OHCHRby Jeremy Laurence.

“We call on the in fact competent authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on any further executions, and act swiftly to ban the use of the death penalty in its entirety.”

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) echoed that message on social media.

“The United Nations strongly opposes the death penalty under all circumstances,” it wrote on Twitter, calling on the Taliban to establish and immediately suspend executions, “for the purpose of abolishing the death penalty.” .

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