To be a woman in Afghanistan is punishment. From Return to the power of the Taliban In 2021, Women and girls were systematically erased from public lifeThey cannot study the field, they cannot work, they cannot go alone. And now these repressions may have judicial consequences: the International Criminal Court (MUS) issued an international arrest warrant against Haibatul Adjunzad, the highest leader of the Taliban.
Historical accusation: crimes against humanity for gender reasonsThe field among imputed crimes includes murders, imprisonment, torture, violations and forced disappearance. All of them are specifically directed against Afghan women and girls.
“I want to go to schoolI suffer a lot when I see my friends who go to school… ”, regrets the girl for only 10 years in Kabul.
The restrictions begin in the near future. From the age of 12, girls are forbidden to attend classes. Adult women also cannot work outside the home. If they come out, they should always do this accompanied by a person and covered from head to toeEven his voice was shut up by the field: the last ban, by virtue of such a named “law on vice and virtue”, does not allow them to speak publicly or appear in the media.
In addition to Ajundzadá, Mus also issued an arrest warrant against President of the Afghan Supreme CourtThe prosecutor’s office believes that both were key parts in the imposition and maintenance of the institutionalized system Paul AparteidThe term that has so far been used to describe racial segregation, but in this case indicates the extreme and systematic discrimination of women for existence.
The Taliban government has already rejected the charges and he made it clear that he would not deliver his leadersThe field according to Kabul, orders for the arrest “unfounded and politicized.” But, as usual, no one asked true sacrifices: Afghan women.
