The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced on Wednesday (April 9) that a woman in Sar-e-Pul province was publicly flogged on charges of “illicit relations.”
According to the statement, the Taliban’s criminal court in Sar-e-Pul sentenced the woman to 39 lashes and one year of enforced imprisonment.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court added that this sentence was carried out in the presence of local officials, government employees, military personnel of the group, and court visitors.
It is noteworthy that since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the group has repeatedly carried out public corporal punishments against citizens, and to date, six people have been executed in front of hundreds of spectators. International human rights organizations consider these actions by the Taliban to be violations of human rights principles and contrary to international law.