The Taliban Publish Vice Laws That Ban Women’s Voices And Bare Faces In Public
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban Publish Vice Laws That Ban Women’s Voices And Bare Faces In Public

Huff Post  

This photograph taken on July 22, 2024, shows veiled mannequins dressed in women's attire, at a shop in Kabul. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover aspects of everyday life like public transportation, music, shaving and celebrations. “Inshallah we assure you that this Islamic law will be of great help in the promotion of virtue and the elimination of vice,” said ministry spokesman Maulvi Abdul Ghafar Farooq on Thursday. “Given the multiple issues outlined in the report, the position expressed by the de facto authorities that this oversight will be increasing and expanding gives cause for significant concern for all Afghans, especially women and girls,” said Fiona Frazer, the head of the human rights service at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan.

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Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas
1 week, 3 days ago

Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas

Raw Story  

The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked. According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see "the courtyard, kitchen, neighbor's …

Taliban Imposes New Restrictions On Residential Windows To Limit Visibility Of Women
1 week, 4 days ago

Taliban Imposes New Restrictions On Residential Windows To Limit Visibility Of Women

ABP News  

The Taliban has imposed further restrictions in Afghanistan and has now banned the construction of windows in certain parts of the residential buildings that overlook when Afghan women are present. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media platform X, that seeing women in kitchens, in courtyards or when collecting water can “lead to obscene acts”. “Seeing women working in …

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan
1 month ago

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women 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. Here is a list of activities from which Afghan …

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
2 months ago

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Afghan human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj narrates how the Taliban’s new ban has taken the country by surprise On October 26, the women in Afghanistan faced another brunt from the Taliban regime after they were barred from technically “hearing each other”. The Taliban’s Minister of Vice and Virtue, Khalid Hanafi, issued a new ban …

Taliban's Totalitarianism: A Morality Gone Mad
2 months ago

Taliban's Totalitarianism: A Morality Gone Mad

The Hindu  

The article details the Taliban's recent enactment of a 35-article law titled 'Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Law' in Afghanistan. The law, which seeks to convert Afghanistan into an open-air prison, violates the principles of Islamic law and prohibits various forms of expression and behavior. The law also misinterprets the Quran to justify restrictions on women, non-Muslims, and …

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
2 months, 1 week ago

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

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. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation …

Taliban media forced to stop showing images of ‘living beings’ under strict new laws
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban media forced to stop showing images of ‘living beings’ under strict new laws

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 Parts of the Taliban media …

Afghan women are singing in defiance of ‘brutal’ new Taliban law silencing their voices in public
4 months, 1 week ago

Afghan women are singing in defiance of ‘brutal’ new Taliban law silencing their voices in public

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 Afghan women are reportedly defying …

Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law

The Hindu  

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered Afghan officials to enact a sweeping new morality law curtailing women's rights and enshrining an austere vision of Islamic society. Taliban authorities last month announced the law, which includes rules that women's faces, bodies and voices should be "covered" outside the home, among 35 articles dictating behaviour and lifestyle. The reclusive Akhundzada rules …

How will the morality law hit Afghan women?
4 months, 1 week ago

How will the morality law hit Afghan women?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Taliban last week announced a new law on the “Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on the people of Afghanistan. “They were portrayed as Taliban 2.0, as more moderate, so we engaged with them,” said Fawzia Koofi, a former woman lawmaker from Afghanistan, in an …

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban's morality Ministry refuses to cooperate with UN Afghan mission

The Hindu  

The Taliban government's Morality Ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side". Last week, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, was banned from entering the country after joining other UN experts in a statement urging the international community to "not normalise the de facto …

Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger

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’s “dystopian” new laws …

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghanistan Taliban Govt Rejects Criticism of Morality Law as 'Arrogance'

Deccan Chronicle  

Kabul:Afghanistan's Taliban authorities responded on Monday to criticism of recently codified morality rules, saying rejecting the legislation without understanding Islamic law showed "arrogance". The law is "firmly rooted in Islamic teachings" that should be respected and understood, said chief government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement Monday night. Earlier Monday, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the law would be …

Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban rejects UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public

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. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the …

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent enactment of a stringent morality law by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban Virtue and Vice Ministry had on May 7, 2022, said women in public must wear all-encompassing robes and cover their faces except for their eyes. Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the …

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law
4 months, 2 weeks ago

U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law

The Hindu  

The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Sunday it was "concerned" about a morality law recently ratified by the Taliban authorities, criticising in particular restrictions on women. "It is a distressing vision for Afghanistan's future, where moral inspectors have discretionary powers to threaten and detain anyone based on broad and sometimes vague lists of infractions," said Roza Otunbayeva, head of …

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top U.N. official warned Sunday. In remarks broadcast Sunday by state-controlled broadcaster RTA, Vice and Virtue Minister Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said nobody had the right to violate women’s rights based on …

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban vice and virtue laws provide 'distressing vision' for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy

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’s new vice and …

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban codify strict morality laws: Women ordered to cover faces, men required to grow beards

India TV News  

The Taliban have officially codified a set of strict morality laws in Afghanistan, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Taliban enforce new morality laws The Taliban government in Afghanistan has formally enacted a 35-article morality law, mandating women to cover their faces and men to grow beards. Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch expressed concern …

Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards

The Hindu  

“Afghanistan’s Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music,” the Justice Ministry said. “The rules, promoted as in line with Islamic sharia law and to be enforced by the Morality Ministry, were based on a decree …

New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law
4 months, 2 weeks ago

New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law

ABP News  

New Taliban Law: In its latest diktat for the country's women, the Taliban government of Afghanistan has ordered that they must not talk in loud voices, because that will be considered "immodest". The new law governing the 'Ministry of Vice and Virtue' tightens the existing restrictions as it tells women to cover their faces entirely while in public, and not …

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover aspects of everyday life like public transportation, music, shaving and celebrations. “Inshallah we assure you …

Taliban publishes vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban publishes vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public

LA Times  

Taliban fighters celebrate in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday the third anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in what they call efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. The vice and virtue laws cover aspects …

'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women

India TV News  

Kabul: The Taliban has issued a new set of laws that have imposed tighter restrictions on women approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, putting a ban on their voices and making it mandatory for them to cover even their bare faces in public, according to a government spokesperson. The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover …

No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
6 months ago

No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers

CNN  

CNN — Listening to music, smoking hookah, and getting a Western-style haircut are all punishable acts under the suffocating rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a new UN report. The Taliban’s so-called morality police have curtailed human rights – disproportionately targeting women and girls – creating a “climate of fear and intimidation,” said the report by the UN …

Taliban may give more power to morality police
6 months ago

Taliban may give more power to morality police

The Hindu  

The Taliban government's morality police will play an increasing role in enforcing religious law in Afghanistan, according to a U.N. report published on July 9 that accused them of creating a "climate of fear". The U.N. report said there was "a climate of fear and intimidation" owing to the Ministry's invasion of Afghans' private lives, ambiguity over its legal powers, …

The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says
6 months 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 enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report

The Hindu  

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a U.N. report published on January 22. In its latest quarterly report, covering October to December last year, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single or …

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. The U.N. spokesman, asked for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ reaction to the latest bans, replied: “Horror!” Stephane Dujarric added: “It must be unimaginable to have to live through it.” …

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values
1 year ago

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values

Op India  

The Taliban arrested women in Kabul for wearing “bad hijab” as part of their efforts to reinforce Afghanistan’s severe female dress code regulations, a spokesman at the country’s vice and virtue ministry said on Thursday, January 4. Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power https://t.co/ttfn7mLHz2 — CTV News January 4, …

Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said on July 4. It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment. A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, didn't give details of …

Taliban issues new diktat to ban women's beauty salons in Kabul: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban issues new diktat to ban women's beauty salons in Kabul: Report

India TV News  

In another verbal pronouncement, the Taliban has prohibited women's beauty parlors in Kabul and different territories across the nation, a representative for the Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Akif Mahajar, told TOLO News. The Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue also instructed the Kabul municipality to implement the new Taliban leader's decree and revoke women's beauty salon licenses. …

Taliban put up posters in Kandahar: 'Women without hijab trying to look like animals'
2 years, 6 months ago

Taliban put up posters in Kandahar: 'Women without hijab trying to look like animals'

Firstpost  

Despite promises made by the Taliban to reinstate a softer version of their previous harsh system of governance, women of Afghanistan have been living under stringent restrictions since the return of the group in August The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic …

After a day's protest, TV channel anchors in Afghanistan follow Taliban's diktat on face-covering
2 years, 7 months ago

After a day's protest, TV channel anchors in Afghanistan follow Taliban's diktat on face-covering

India TV News  

Highlights Afghanistan's Taliban began enforcing an order requiring TV news anchors to cover their faces on-air After the order was announced Thursday, only a handful of news outlets complied with the order. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all-female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. But on Sunday, most female …

Women always faced horrid times under Taliban, this time even female mannequins are not safe
2 years, 9 months ago

Women always faced horrid times under Taliban, this time even female mannequins are not safe

Firstpost  

Not only are the Taliban dictating the lives of women in Afghanistan, but they also want to curb the visibility of lifeless female mannequins from public view. In one of the most tragic events, Afghan women saw two decades of progress disappear, as the Taliban asserted themselves in the political space of Afghanistan and took back power and control in …

'Women have lesser brains': Know how Taliban crushes women's rights
2 years, 10 months ago

'Women have lesser brains': Know how Taliban crushes women's rights

Op India  

As liberals and seculars of India are overtly supporting the Islamists in the ongoing Karnataka hijab row, a documentary covering the after-effects of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan by Vice News has been released into which a Taliban judge says that women cannot become a judge under the Taliban rule as they have lesser brains and as they are not …

Taliban revoke Afghan women's hard-won rights
3 years ago

Taliban revoke Afghan women's hard-won rights

The Hindu  

Since the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan in August, they have been enforcing their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. A U.N. report published in July quotes rural women who say the 2020 withdrawal agreement between the United States and Taliban has meant less violence in their areas, greater freedom of movement and reduced anxiety. Here are some of the …

Taliban bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

Taliban bans forced marriage of women in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

Taliban chief in a decree says women should not be considered ‘property’ and must consent to marriage. The Taliban has issued a decree barring forced marriage in Afghanistan, saying women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage, but questions remain about whether the group that returned to power in mid-August would extend women’s rights around work and …

Women banned from acting, journalists forced to wear headscarves: Taliban issues new media guidelines
3 years, 1 month ago

Women banned from acting, journalists forced to wear headscarves: Taliban issues new media guidelines

Firstpost  

The new rules issued on Sunday come despite pledges from the hardline Islamist group that they would be more moderate in exercising power this time around Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organisation, has raised concerns regarding the imposition of strict new media guidelines in Afghanistan by the Taliban that especially harm women. The disappearance of any space for dissent …

Taliban ban TV shows featuring women artists; say female scribes must wear hijabs
3 years, 1 month ago

Taliban ban TV shows featuring women artists; say female scribes must wear hijabs

India TV News  

Highlights The new policy prevents television stations from showing men who are considered indecently exposed The guidelines prohibit airing satirical shows that "insult" or undermine "dignity" of individuals Going against all promises of inclusive govt, the Taliban have already appointed an all-male cabinet In yet another setback for women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday ordered television channels to …

Watch: Taliban brutally flogs a man in public for allegedly stealing a mobile phone
3 years, 3 months ago

Watch: Taliban brutally flogs a man in public for allegedly stealing a mobile phone

Op India  

A video has emerged on social media in which a man was seen getting flogged by Talibs for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The Taliban are punishing the thief#ToDayinAfg pic.twitter.com/Ll07MtbrDD — Hamza Dawar September 18, 2021 Ban on women from coming for work From last Monday, the ban of women from coming out for work has come to effect. She …

Taliban replaces ministry for women with ‘guidance’ ministry
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban replaces ministry for women with ‘guidance’ ministry

Al Jazeera  

In Kabul, a new sign was up outside the Women’s Affairs Ministry, announcing it was now the ‘Ministry for Preaching and Guidance and the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice’. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” in the building that once housed the Women’s Affairs Ministry, …

Taliban replaces ministry for women with one restricting them
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban replaces ministry for women with one restricting them

LA Times  

Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” in the building that once housed the Women’s Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers Saturday as part of the forced move. In Kabul, a new sign was up outside the women’s affairs ministry, announcing it was now the “Ministry for Preaching …

Taliban seizes women's ministry building for new 'preaching and guidance' ministry
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban seizes women's ministry building for new 'preaching and guidance' ministry

ABC  

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the women's affairs ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers as part of the forced move. Key points: The formation of the new ministry is a sign the Taliban will further restrict women's rights Three explosions …

Taliban rename women’s ministry as department ‘for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban rename women’s ministry as department ‘for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’

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 have replaced the …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans entry of women employees inside Ministry of Women Affairs
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans entry of women employees inside Ministry of Women Affairs

Op India  

After making it clear that ‘women can’t be ministers,’ the Taliban has now banned the entry of female employees in the Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul. Ministry of Women omitted The move is unsurprising, as the Jihadi organization last week had announced to replace the Ministry of Women Affairs with the “Ministry of Amr bil Ma’ruf wa Nahy aan …

Taliban replace women's ministry with Ministry of Virtue and Vice, employees locked out
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban replace women's ministry with Ministry of Virtue and Vice, employees locked out

India Today  

The Taliban replaced the Ministry of Women's Affairs with the Ministry of Virtue and Vice on Friday, acting contrary to the promise of safeguarding women’s rights. Signs for the country's women's ministry were replaced with those of the Taliban's moral police, Reuters reported, adding that female employees of the department were locked out of the building. A major setback for …

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