Since returning to power 3 years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls.
And the newly passed “vice and virtue” law goes even further, and is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Islamist fundamentalist group.
https://theconversation.com/how-the-talibans-new-vice-and-virtue-law-erases-women-by-justifying-violence-against-them-239159
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How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.The Conversation
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