Rights groups slam 'cruel' Taliban ban on women in national park

Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr told AFP the decision to ban women was “cruel in a very intentional way”.“Not content with depriving girls and women of education, employment and free movement, the Taliban also want to take from them parks and sport and now even nature,” she said in a separate statement.

“We must to take action from today. We must prevent the non-observance of hijab,” he said during a visit to Bamyan province.Ministry spokesman Akef Muhajir told AFP local religious leaders requested the temporary closure because women from outside the province were not observing the hijab dress code.Since returning to power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have imposed a strict interpretation of Islam, with women bearing the brunt of laws the UN has labelled “gender apartheid”.

United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett asked on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday “why this restriction… is necessary to comply with Sharia and Afghan culture?”Women have been barred from visiting parks, fairs and gyms, and must cover up in public since the Taliban authorities returned to power two years ago.

They have also mostly been blocked from working for UN agencies or NGOs, with thousands sacked from government jobs or paid to stay at home.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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