ICC prosecutor calls for arrest of Taliban leaders for ‘persecution of Afghan girls and women’
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.
Karim Khan said there are reasonable grounds to suspect Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akunzdada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakeem Haqqani of being criminally responsible for crimes against humanity based on gender.
ICC judges will now decide whether to issue an arrest warrant.
The ICC investigates and prosecutes those who intervene when national authorities are unable or unwilling to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
In a statement, Mr. Khan said the two men are responsible for the persecution of Afghan girls and women, as well as those who feel they do not conform to the Taliban’s ideological expectations of gender identity or expression, and those who the Taliban perceive as allies. Women’s and Women’s
The Taliban government claims that the opposition “brutally oppresses us with crimes including murder, imprisonment, torture, rape and other sexual assaults, forced disappearances and other inhumane acts.”
The migration took place across Afghanistan from at least August 15, 2021 until today, the statement said.
Akundzada in the year He became the Taliban’s top commander in 2016, and is now the leader of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. In the 1980s, he participated in the Islamic groups fighting against the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan.
Haqqani was a close associate of Taliban founder Mullah Omar and acted as a negotiator on behalf of the Taliban in 2020 talks with US representatives.
The Taliban government has yet to comment on the ICC statement.
In 2021, the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan.20 years after the US-led invasion ousted the regime in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in New York, the government has not been officially recognized by any foreign power.
“Morality laws” meant women lost dozens of rights across the country.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world where women and girls are denied access to secondary and tertiary education – as many as one and a half million are deliberately excluded from education.
The Taliban have repeatedly promised to re-enter the school once several issues are resolved – including ensuring the curriculum is “Islamic”. This should be yet.
Beauty salons are closed, women are banned from public parks, gyms and bathrooms.
A dress code meant they had to be completely covered, and strict rules forbade them from traveling without a male commander or making eye contact with a man unless they were related by blood or marriage.
In December Women are also barred from training as midwives and nurses.They have effectively closed their last avenue for further education in the country.