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Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons | TheStarsHub

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Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons | CNN

TheStarsHub  —  Beauty salons in Afghanistan have been given one month to close as the country’s Taliban leaders extend their repressive rule over women, who are already largely confined to their homes with bans on most work and study. Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention … Read more

Taliban crackdown on women should be probed as crime against humanity, rights groups say | TheStarsHub

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Taliban crackdown on women should be probed as crime against humanity, rights groups say | CNN

TheStarsHub  —  The Taliban should be investigated for crimes against humanity over their brutal crackdown on the rights and freedoms of women in Afghanistan, two leading human rights organizations have urged. Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said the group’s treatment of women and girls meets the criteria for gender persecution, which … Read more