According to Khaama Press, the Taliban’s Supreme Court said that four people, including a woman, were publicly flogged on charges of “immorality” in Kabul’s Paghman district.
The Khaama Press is an Afghan online news service. According to a news announcement, the suspects were apprehended in Kabul’s Kargha neighborhood. Taliban officials sentenced the defendants to 3 months in prison.
According to a news statement released by the Taliban’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, following the verdict, Taliban officials publicly lashed convicts in the Paghman district court in the sight of government officials and some ordinary people.
According to the news release, each convict was sentenced to twenty lashes and one month in prison. After capturing power in August 2021, the Taliban resumed violent torture of ordinary citizens.
Meanwhile, human rights organizations have consistently highlighted in their reports that criminals in Afghanistan under the Taliban do not have access to a legal and regulated court system.
Many human rights organizations have criticized Taliban officials’ brutal punishment of convicts. In numerous circumstances, the Taliban is accused of violating human rights, particularly by prohibiting Afghan women and girls from attending education, work, or public engagements.