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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By Human Rights Press Staff | Aug. 16, 2024 Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Afghan men like Zahir, a 45-year-old public servant, have struggled to support the women in their lives amid harsh restrictions. Gathering 40 family members, including 25 women, Zahir reassured them that “all […]