While unleashing another set of atrocities, the Taliban on Tuesday flogged nine convicts on alleged theft charges and “sodomy” in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar. The Taliban have also reportedly chopped off the hands of 4 convicts in a football stadium in front of the spectators.
Authorities and residents were present during the lashing as spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times, as per Tolo News.
“The Supreme Court said in a statement that nine people were punished in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar on Tuesday on charges of robbery and ‘sodomy'”, Tolo News reported.
Former policy advisor to minister for afghan resettlement & minister for refugees in the UK, Shabnam Nasimi said that Taliban cut off the hands of four people in a football stadium in Kandahar.
“The Taliban have reportedly cut off the hands of 4 people in a football stadium in Kandahar today, accused of theft, in front of spectators. People are being lashed, amputated & executed in Afghanistan, without fair trial and due process. This is a human rights violation,” she tweeted.
Despite the global condemnation, Taliban has again resort to flogging and public execution of criminals. Following the incident, the UN experts hav expressed their concern and have called on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of severe, cruel and degrading forms of punishments.
“We are additionally raising doubts about the fairness of the trials preceding these punishments, which appear not to satisfy basic fair trial guarantees. International human rights law prohibits the implementation of such cruel sentences, especially the death penalty, following trials that apparently do not offer the required fair trial guarantees,” experts said in a statement.
On December 7, 2022, the Taliban publicly executed a man in Farah city, Farah province, in what appears to be the first public execution since seizing power in August 2021.
“Senior de facto officials, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Justice, were in attendance. The application of these punishments began after the Supreme Leader on November 13, 2022 ordered the judiciary to implement Hudood (crimes against God) and Qisas (retribution in kind) punishments across the country,” added the statement.