Update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan: - JULY - SEPTEMBER 2024 UPDATE

from the UN Security Council.2 • Inspectors of de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Law on Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice are responsible for Prevention of Vice ensuring publications and media content do not contradict Sharia, insult On 21 August, the de facto Ministry of Muslims or contain images of living Justice published the Law on Promotion of beings. [...] women to wear a hijab and cover their faces After the publication of the Law, the de facto outside of the home; and for men to grow Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and beards and attend congregational prayers at Prevention of Vice and other de facto the mosque; bans on certain holidays such Ministries held seminars to familiarize their as Nowruz and Yalda (winter solstice), on personnel wit. [...] Additionally, in some parts of The de facto authorities – primarily the de the country, taxi drivers have refused to facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue provide transport to women not and Prevention of Vice – continue to accompanied by a mahram as a result of the implement restrictions on women’s freedom of more restrictive application of the mahram movement (even before the promulgation. [...] On 2 July in Uruzgan province, to ensure the safety and protection of Tirin Kot city, provincial de facto officials civilians in armed conflicts, the Human publicly flogged 18 males between 19 and 39 Rights Directorate [of the de facto times each in the sports stadium.11 They had Ministry of Interior] intends to educate been convicted by the de facto Court of the police on the principles and Appea. [...] The de during the previous year, which facto Ministry of Information and included14 the provision of legal aid, Culture also shared a list of 64 acquittal by de facto courts of indigent analysts (including two women) who suspects defended by the de facto could be invited to participate in Ministry of Justice and the review of political panels.