Human rights situation in Afghanistan - OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE

On 22 October, in Nangarhar officials of the de fa cto Department for province, the de facto Department for the he Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Vice, in cooperation with de facto Police, banned approximately 400 women from began to take measures to enforce the 25 working in a pine nut processing plant while April 2022 hijab decree,8 invol. [...] The measures taken by the de facto The intersection of different decrees has the authorities contradicts the hijab decree itself, effect of limiting the rights of women and which sets out the following steps for its girls, sometimes without an express ban enforcement: for a first violation of the decree, having been imposed. [...] On 30 October, in Kabul, the de Hearing was approved by the Taliban leader.1 7 facto Supreme Court sentenced university This new law defines the duties and professor and social activist, Rasool Parsi, to responsibilities of the de facto Ministry for the 16 months of imprisonment on accusation of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of “insulting the holy principles of Islam and its Vice regard. [...] powers to monitor a wide variety of issues, including making inquiries regarding the non- Activities of the de facto implementation of court decisions, complaints Ministry for the Propagation of against the independence of the judiciary and Virtue and the Prevention of legal proceedings that are not resolved within Vice the timelines outlined by the Taliban leader. [...] In addition to the activities noted in the section on “Rights of women and girls”, the de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice continues to monitor compliance with and enforce [16] .