RASC News Agency: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in response to the recent report of the United Nations Deputy Mission (UNAMA) on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, says that the Taliban group has “betrayed” the trust of Afghanistani citizens and has continued to violate human rights.
The new UNAMA report has caused many reactions, including the reaction of the Human Rights Watch.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights considers UNAMA’s report on human rights violations in Afghanistan “shocking” and says that the Taliban group “betrayed” the trust of Afghanistani citizens and continued to violate human rights.
The spokesman of this commissioner says that the Taliban group is responsible for 218 cases of field murders, 14 cases of forced disappearances, 144 cases of harassment, torture and beatings, and 424 cases of arrest and imprisonment.
Jeremy Lawrence, the spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner said: “This report presents an alarming picture of the treatment of people affiliated with the former government and the Afghanistan security forces since the Taliban took over. This happened while the self-proclaimed authorities [Taliban group] have promised that these people will not be targeted. This is a betrayal of people’s trust.”
In the new report of the Office of the United Nations Deputy for Afghanistan, 800 cases of human rights violations by the Taliban group against the military and officials of the former Afghanistan government have been stated.
The spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary-General said in a press conference that serious violations of human rights by the Taliban have been committed against hundreds of government officials and former soldiers.
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary General, said in this regard: “You may have seen that the United Nations Mission in Kabul published a report today that contains credible reports of serious human rights violations by Taliban officials against hundreds of former government officials.
The report, which covers the period from August 15, 2021 to June 30, 2023, includes at least 800 incidents of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, torture and ill-treatment, and forced disappearances against people affiliated with the former government and former security forces, has registered.”
On the other hand, in response to the UNAMA report, the Women’s Purple Saturday’s movement calls on international institutions, especially The International Criminal Court, to conduct extensive investigations and provide justice against the crimes of the Taliban group.
This movement believes that this report represents a small part of the activities of the Taliban group.
