Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch accuses Taliban of intensifying freedom curbs
11 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch accuses Taliban of intensifying freedom curbs

Firstpost  

According to a recent study by Human Rights Watch, the Taliban has increased their efforts to repress human rights in Afghanistan, particularly those of women. Human Rights Watch highlighted the need for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, stating that the country’s almost two-thirds of the population are in need of it because of the country’s economic struggles. Human Rights Watch has also called attention to the ongoing repression of civil society, especially among Afghan women, the widespread censorship of Afghan media, and the imprisonment of Afghan journalists. Human Rights Watch claims that the main causes of Afghanistan’s rising poverty are the Taliban’s hold over the country, international sanctions, and several years of drought.

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What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule
1 month, 1 week ago

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule

NPR  

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What's it like to be a girl or a woman in …

The Taliban’s repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban’s repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s repressive control over women and girls in Afghanistan is unparalleled and will jeopardize the country’s future, the U.N. rights chief warned Monday. Volker Türk said new morality laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans on education and most jobs, were outrageous and amounted to systematic gender persecution. The Taliban …

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?

News 18  

How miserable are women in Afghanistan can be understood from the fact that the Taliban have passed a new “morality” law — ‘Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ — which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on people and bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public. Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada …

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says

Associated Press  

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, according to a U.N. report published Tuesday. Human rights violations, as well as the unpredictability of enforcement measures, contribute to a climate of fear and intimidation among segments of the population.” The mission said it documented at least 1,033 instances between August 2021 and March …

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban to press international community on Afghanistan sanctions

The Hindu  

Taliban authorities said on July 1 they would press the international community over economic sanctions as they attended a UN-hosted summit in Doha with special representatives to Afghanistan for the first time. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, senior Foreign Ministry official Zakir Jalaly said the Taliban government delegation would use July 1’s meetings to address “financial and banking sanctions” and …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban says before U.N.-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban says before U.N.-led talks

The Hindu  

Taliban authorities said on June 29 that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the U.N. has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks

India Today  

Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the third …

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official

The Hindu  

The United Nations political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying on June 26 that women's rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to a small group of reporters that the two-day meeting starting on Sunday …

Women’s rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Women’s rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying Wednesday that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo stressed to a small group of reporters that the two-day meeting starting Sunday is …

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity
6 months ago

UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban should be held …

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart
8 months, 1 week ago

​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart

Hindustan Times  

In March 2024 Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, broadcast a message about resuming public stoning and flogging women to death as punishments for adultery-related crimes. It was reminiscent of the Taliban’s first stint in power in Kabul from 1996-2001, during which women and girls were barred from education, employment and going out in public without a …

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

Al Jazeera  

Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained. On Friday, Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, called on the Taliban government “to immediately and unconditionally release all those who have been …

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise Afghanistan health system, group says
10 months, 1 week ago

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise Afghanistan health system, group says

The Hindu  

Human Rights Watch said on February 12 that Afghanistan's public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, jeopardising the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. In a new report, the New York-based watchdog said this has left the “Afghan population increasingly vulnerable to severe …

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
10 months, 1 week ago

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Human Rights Watch said Monday that Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. “The loss of foreign development aid and Taliban rights violations have caused a catastrophic health crisis in Afghanistan that …

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN
1 year ago

Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN

India TV News  

A UN report published on Thursday made an astounding claim that women in Afghanistan were sent to prison by Taliban officials in order to 'protect' them from gender-based violence. "Confining women who are already in a situation of vulnerability in a punitive environment would also likely have a negative impact on their mental and physical health, re-victimisation and put them …

Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see a future without the Taliban
1 year ago

Afghanistan’s pro-democracy leaders still see a future without the Taliban

The Independent  

Forced to gather in exile, Afghanistan’s resistance movement is working in the shadows on ways to oust the Taliban from its grip on Kabul, knowing it can no longer trust or rely on the Western allies who so hastily pulled out of the country in August 2021. “The West is watching the Taliban close schools and ban education, but it …

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees
1 year, 3 months ago

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities in Afghanistan during arrests and detentions of people, and urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. “The personal accounts of beatings, electric shocks, water torture, and numerous other forms of cruel and degrading …

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
1 year, 3 months ago

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people, including women and girls experiencing “immeasurably cruel” oppression, the U.N.'s human rights chief said Tuesday. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that human rights are in a state of collapse in Afghanistan more than two years after the Taliban returned to …

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement
1 year, 3 months ago

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement

Al Jazeera  

Watchdogs slam Taliban’s ‘flagrant violation of the right to education and freedom of movement’ after Afghan women stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai to study on a scholarship. Human rights groups have condemned the Taliban’s latest restrictions on Afghan women’s education and movement after it barred them from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks and stopped them …

2 Years of Taliban Rule: A Case for Humanitarian Intervention
1 year, 4 months ago

2 Years of Taliban Rule: A Case for Humanitarian Intervention

The Diplomat  

The Taliban has established its oppressive rule in Afghanistan since taking over in 2021. It is clear that the Taliban’s ideology is driving their draconian rule, and their false promises should not distract the international community from their moral and legal obligation to protect the people of Afghanistan. The regime also restricted professional opportunities for women, such as preventing female …

Since Taliban takeover, over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in attacks: UN
1 year, 5 months ago

Since Taliban takeover, over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in attacks: UN

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations said Tuesday it has documented a significant level of civilians killed and wounded in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover — despite a stark reduction in casualties compared to previous years of war and insurgency. According to the UN report, three-quarters of the attacks since the Taliban seized power were with improvised explosive devices in “populated …

Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban

The Hindu  

Afghanistan's supreme leader said Sunday the country's women were being saved from "traditional oppressions" by the adoption of Islamic governance and their status as "free and dignified human beings" restored. In a statement marking this week's Eid al-Adha holiday, Hibatullah Akhundzada – who rarely appears in public and rules by decree from the Taliban's birthplace in Kandahar – said steps …

Afghanistan: UN expert says Taliban treatment of women could be 'gender apartheid'
1 year, 6 months ago

Afghanistan: UN expert says Taliban treatment of women could be 'gender apartheid'

Firstpost  

The UN defines gender apartheid as ’economic and social sexual discrimination against individuals because of their gender or sex' A UN expert said on Monday that the treatment of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban could amount to “gender apartheid” as their rights continue to be gravely infringed by the country’s de facto authorities. “Grave, systematic and institutionalised discrimination …

Taliban treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN expert
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN expert

Al Jazeera  

Taliban spokesperson rejects the report and accuses the UN and the West of ‘spreading propaganda’ against its administration. A United Nations expert said on Monday that the treatment of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban could amount to “gender apartheid” as their rights continue to be undermined by the governing authorities. “Grave, systematic and institutionalised discrimination against women and …

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group’s ranks. A report — issued earlier in June — by the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said that the Taliban governance structures remain “highly exclusionary, Pashtun-centred and repressive” toward all forms of opposition. The …

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as ‘crime against humanity’
1 year, 6 months ago

Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as ‘crime against humanity’

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Two top rights groups on Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists, or ICJ, underscored how the Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s rights, coupled with “imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture …

Taliban’s restrictions on women are ‘crime against humanity,’ rights groups say
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban’s restrictions on women are ‘crime against humanity,’ rights groups say

LA Times  

Two top rights groups Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists, or ICJ, underscored how the Taliban’s crackdown on women’s rights, coupled with “imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment,” could …

‘War on women’: Taliban curbs on Afghan females a ‘crime’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘War on women’: Taliban curbs on Afghan females a ‘crime’

Al Jazeera  

Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s rights could constitute gender persecution, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists say. Rights groups have denounced severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which is a crime against humanity under international law. In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists underscored …

UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'
1 year, 7 months ago

UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with 'witness map'

The Independent  

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UN says its women workers harassed and ‘severely restricted’ in Afghanistan
1 year, 7 months ago

UN says its women workers harassed and ‘severely restricted’ in Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This is the most recent in a series of …

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to end floggings, executions
1 year, 7 months ago

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to end floggings, executions

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices. In December 2022, Taliban authorities executed an Afghan convicted of murder, the first public execution since they took power the report said. Zabihullah Mujahid, the top …

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women
1 year, 7 months ago

U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women

The Hindu  

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from very severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. The council condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for the U.N., a decision the resolution calls …

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs agency said. Afghanistan is facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the continued consequences of decades of war and natural disasters, the U.N. Office for the …

‘I screamed so loud, I blacked out’: Afghans tell of the Taliban’s return to their old torture playbook
1 year, 8 months ago

‘I screamed so loud, I blacked out’: Afghans tell of the Taliban’s return to their old torture playbook

CNN  

CNN — Mohammad Zafri says his memory is patchy after surviving relentless beatings by the Taliban. “But as I was never part of it, I didn’t confess … Then they hung me upside down, one time by my feet, another by my hands.” He added: “I screamed so loud, I blacked out because of the trauma.” Zafri – who remains …

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
1 year, 9 months ago

World faces tough choices in dealing with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 22, 2023 14:24 IST - 7 MINS READ On the third anniversary of the Doha Agreement, signed on February 29, 2020, between the United States and the Afghan Taliban, US spokesperson Ned Price said that the Afghan Taliban were empowered by the agreement. The Afghan Taliban, in its statement, celebrated the day on which the US-led foreign …

Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE
1 year, 9 months ago

Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE

Firstpost  

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Watch accused the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday of arbitrarily detaining at least 2,400 Afghan asylum seekers in “miserable” accommodation for more than a year, pending resettlement elsewhere. The rights group said that between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghans evacuated to the UAE following the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021 remain “arbitrarily detained” …

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women
1 year, 9 months ago

UN: Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights, the United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day. The U.N. Mission said in a statement Wednesday that Afghanistan’s new rulers have shown an almost “singular …

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights
1 year, 9 months ago

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, which seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women’s rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law United Nations: The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in …

Afghanistan world’s most repressive country for women: U.N.
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghanistan world’s most repressive country for women: U.N.

The Hindu  

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of many of their basic rights, the United Nations said on Wednesday. In a statement released on International Women's Day, the U.N. mission said that Afghanistan's new rulers have shown an almost “singular focus on imposing rules that leave …

Taliban suppression of women’s rights may impact international financial support: EU Special Envoy on Afghanistan
1 year, 10 months ago

Taliban suppression of women’s rights may impact international financial support: EU Special Envoy on Afghanistan

The Hindu  

India and the EU need to speak up together about human rights in Afghanistan says the European Union’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson, who visited Delhi for consultations on the way forward. In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. Niklasson said the Taliban’s increased restrictions on women and the ban on girl’s education is of particular concern for the …

Afghanistan Famine: Millions of Afghans may starve to death, warns UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghanistan Famine: Millions of Afghans may starve to death, warns UN

Firstpost  

Kabul: Ravaged by around four decades of war, Afghanistan is now being stalked by famine amidst a severe winter. With Afghanistan facing a severe humanitarian crisis amid ongoing political chaos and an unstable security situation under the Taliban regime, the United Nations has warned that two-thirds of the Afghan population are facing extreme hunger and are in urgent need of …

Reviewing engagement with Taliban, says US on rights violations in Afghanistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Reviewing engagement with Taliban, says US on rights violations in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Washington: The US is reviewing its approach and engagement with the Taliban regime in the context of the slew of human rights violations taking place in Afghanistan, a top official in the Biden administration has said, emphasising that Washington is actively evaluating with its allies and partners to take the next appropriate steps towards it. US State Department Spokesperson Ned …

UN envoy says ‘progress’ made on Afghan women’s rights
1 year, 11 months ago

UN envoy says ‘progress’ made on Afghan women’s rights

Al Jazeera  

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who held talks with Taliban, tells Al Jazeera some progress in the health sector made but much remains to be done. A UN delegation, which held talks with senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan, has made headway on women’s rights, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told Al Jazeera on Saturday, cautioning that much remains to be …

Taliban warns Afghan media outlets: Don't 'promote propaganda against regime'
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban warns Afghan media outlets: Don't 'promote propaganda against regime'

Hindustan Times  

Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that the Taliban courts would prosecute the media outlets operating from abroad in the coming times, a report said. Blaming the Afghan media organisations of spreading propaganda, the head of the ministry Hemad said as per Khaama Press, “A decision has been made regarding these media outlets. It is expected that the court's …

2022: The year Taliban cracked down on women’s rights
1 year, 11 months ago

2022: The year Taliban cracked down on women’s rights

Al Jazeera  

As the year was drawing to a close, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan dealt what may have been the final blow to women’s education – banning women from universities. Tens of thousands of Afghans, including women, fled the country, fearing a repeat of the Taliban’s brutal record in power in the 1990s. The international community has urged the group to …

Taliban heap another injustice on women
2 years ago

Taliban heap another injustice on women

Hindustan Times  

If there is one demographic that has suffered the most brutal oppression since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last year, it is women, with indignity and injustice heaped upon them, time after time. Soon after the chaotic American exit and the shock collapse of Kabul in September 2021, women were pushed out of government and public policy roles, …

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights
2 years ago

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights

Al Jazeera  

Group has backtracked on promises to guarantee certain rights for girls and women since its return to power last year. May 2022: Stay at home Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada orders women on May 7 to fully cover themselves, including their faces, in public and generally stay at home. August 2022: Protests break out Taliban fighters beat women protesters chanting …

Taliban's curbs on women's freedom may amount to crimes against humanity: UN rights expert
2 years ago

Taliban's curbs on women's freedom may amount to crimes against humanity: UN rights expert

India Today  

Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan said Friday. Richard Bennett and other UN rights experts said the Taliban's targeting of women and girls deepen "flagrant violations of their human rights and freedoms that are already the most draconian globally and may …

UN experts denounce Taliban treatment of women as crime
2 years ago

UN experts denounce Taliban treatment of women as crime

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan may amount to a crime against humanity and should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, a U.N. team of experts said Friday. The U.N. experts said the latest Taliban actions against women and girls have deepened existing rights violations — already the “most draconian globally” — and may …

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