Sharia law
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Woman faints after being caned 140 times under Indonesian province’s sharia law
Woman and man accused of sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol faced what is likely to be one of the sever…
- Afghanistan, Corporal punishment, Global development, Human rights, Islam, Law, Religion, Sharia law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban
Hundreds of women forced to confess to ‘moral crimes’ they did not commit have been publicly lashed in Afghani…
- Afghanistan, Capital punishment, Global development, Human rights, Islam, Law, Religion, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror
Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ fo…
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Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of sharia law
Public executions and amputations some of the punishments for crimes including adultery and theftAfghanistan’s…
- Afghanistan, Children, Education, Sharia law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Young people
Taliban U-turn over Afghan girls’ education reveals deep leadership divisions
A lack of teachers and school uniform issues blamed for school closures but confusion is a sign of differences…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Human rights, LGBT rights, Rape and sexual assault, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Transgender, World news
Lives of LGBTQ+ Afghans ‘dramatically worse’ under Taliban rule, finds survey
Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fea…
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Indonesian woman flogged 100 times for adultery, man gets 15 lashes
Man denied any wrongdoing after pair caught together in conservative Aceh provinceAn Indonesian woman has been…
- Afghanistan, Fitness, Health, Human rights, Law, Mental health, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Sport, Taliban, Women, World news
‘We buried our sportswear’: Afghan women fear fight is over for martial arts
Female taekwondo and karate trainers are forced to practise in secret since the Taliban takeover and fear they…
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‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police
Exclusive: In his first interview with western media, Kandahar’s enforcer promises things will be different fr…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Inequality, Islam, Law, Life and style, Religion, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women’s social media protest against Taliban
Women around the world are sharing pictures of themselves in traditional colourful clothes in a campaign again…