In the meeting of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights did not express the violation of human rights, especially the rights of women in Afghanistan, and said that the freedom of the media and the freedom of civil activities in Afghanistan have been severely restricted by the Taliban.
In his speech at the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner, condemned the “persistent violation” of human rights in Afghanistan and said that the civil liberties and media freedom of all Afghan citizens have been completely destroyed by the Taliban. is limited.
Mr. Turk made these statements in a statement about the state of human rights in the world, and the text of this untimely statement was published today (Monday, 4 March) on the website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In this statement, he said that after the Taliban regained control in Afghanistan, this group imposed more restrictions on the citizens of the country in different parts.
The United Nations High Commissioner has emphasized that girls and women are not allowed to go to school, university and work, and the media is also under intense pressure from this group.
“I deplore the ongoing and systematic violation of human rights, especially the pervasive violation of the rights of women and girls, which deprives them of every aspect of public life, including secondary and higher education, employment and freedom of movement,” Mr. Turk said. ».
This UN official has also expressed concern about the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, especially those who are facing the risk of persecution in Afghanistan.
He also expressed concern about the process of public executions in Afghanistan by the Taliban and said that the resumption of public executions is terrible.
Meanwhile, Richard Bennett, the special human rights rapporteur for Afghanistan, says in a video tape that the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan has worsened under the control of the Taliban.
In this video, Mr. Bennett explained more about his recent report and said that half of the population of Afghanistan is deprived of their human rights.
He added that the normalization of relations with the Taliban group should be conditional on significant progress in the field of human rights by this group, and the perpetrators of human rights violations in Afghanistan should be held accountable.
Meanwhile, the special rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan last Thursday, at the 55th meeting of this council in Geneva, also asked the countries that the normalization of relations with the Taliban should be conditional on the respect of human rights by this group.
But; The Taliban group has always rejected the reports of international organizations and said that the international community and international organizations want to give this group a bad name with these reports.
