In two separate statements issued today (Tuesday, March 24), the Taliban’s Supreme Court said local officials in Kabul publicly flogged a man and a woman about a week ago.
The court said the two men were arrested on charges of “extramarital affairs” and sentenced to prison terms of one to one-and-a-half years each, after receiving 39 lashes.
In another statement, the court reported that the Municipal Court of First Instance in Balkh province sentenced a man to 39 lashes on charges of “selling alcohol” and carried out the punishment.
The Taliban regime continues to subject citizens to public physical torture, a practice repeatedly condemned by national and international organizations as an example of blatant violence.
According to these organizations, subjecting citizens to physical torture not only violates human rights standards and international law, but also promotes further violence and spreads fear and intimidation among the population.
However, the Taliban regime has consistently claimed that these actions are carried out within the framework of implementing religious and Sharia law, and continues this practice despite criticism from the international community.
In Islamic jurisprudence, the implementation of flogging—after punishments such as execution and amputation—is considered one of the prescribed Hudud punishments.
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