By Human Rights Press Staff – Sept. 28, 2024 Afghanistan’s Taliban regime has introduced strict new vice and virtue laws, further limiting women’s freedoms in public life. Approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the laws ban women from raising their voices in public, either through singing or reading aloud, deeming […]
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United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed deep concern over reports of abuse against Afghan refugees in Pakistan amid its forced mass deportation policy. Türk called for the suspension of the repatriation program until international law-compliant procedures are in place, urging an investigation into reported abuses by Pakistani authorities. […]