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International Criminal Court seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for persecution of Afghan women

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The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has requested arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, on charges of crimes against humanity. Khan alleges that these men bear criminal responsibility for the persecution of Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community. This move comes amidst a backdrop of widespread human rights abuses in Afghanistan, where women and girls are facing an unprecedented and ongoing persecution under Taliban rule.

  1. GB
    Karim Khan
    International Court of Justice
    1. Perceived resistance or opposition to the Taliban was, and is, brutally repressed through the commission of crimes including murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, enforced disappearance, and other inhumane acts.
    2. These applications recognise that Afghan women and girls as well as the LGBTQI+ community are facing an unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution by the Taliban.
    3. Our action signals that the status quo for women and girls in Afghanistan is not acceptable.
  2. BE
    Liz Evenson
    Human Rights Watch
    1. Three years after the Taliban retook power, their systematic violations of women and girls' rights... have accelerated with complete impunity.

Afghanistan under Taliban rule

  1. Afghan Women's Education Ban Under Review
  2. Taliban threaten to close NGOs employing Afghan women
  3. Taliban refugee minister killed in Kabul suicide bombing

sources

  1. 1.The Washington Post
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.ABC News (Australia)
  5. 5.Le Monde
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Islamic Terrorism
  3. 3.Ethnic tensions
  4. 4.Authoritarianism
  5. 5.Human rights
  6. 6.Women's Rights
  7. 7.Afghanistan under Taliban rule
  8. 8.War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.United KingdomGB
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.TalibanAF
  2. 2.International Court of Justice
  3. 3.United Nations
  4. 4.Human Rights Watch
  5. 5.Twitter/XUS
  6. 6.European Union

persons

  1. 1.Haibatullah Akhunzada
  2. 2.Abdul Hakim Haqqani
  3. 3.Karim KhanGB
  4. 4.Liz EvensonBE
  5. 5.Donald TrumpUS
  6. 6.Haq Nawaz Khan
  7. 7.Mullah Omar

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Soviet Union
  3. 3.Rome Statute
International Criminal Court seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for persecution of Afghan women