Decree forces male relatives to police law by making them liable to fines or prison for breaches
Photograph: Hussein Malla/APPhotograph: Hussein Malla/APThe Taliban have ordered all women to cover their faces in public in Afghanistan, the latest sweeping restriction by a government that has taken away women’s right to travel long distances alone, work outside healthcare or education, andIn a cruel twist, the decree makes women’s relatives and employers the enforcers. If their faces are seen in public, their male “guardian” will be fined, then jailed.
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