Brussels 13.04.2025 The European Union condemns the public executions of four men in Nimroz, Badghis and Farah province, in Afghanistan, the EEAS spokesperson statement on the latest executions reads.

“The European Union, as a matter of principle, strongly opposes the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. It is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent to crime and represents an unacceptable denial of the fundamental right to life and human dignity.

#Afghanistan: The EU condemns the public executions of four men in Nimroz, Badghis and Farah province.

The EU calls on the Taliban to stop any future executions and instead pursue a policy towards the abolition of capital punishment.https://t.co/jtMzuFM28J

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“The European Union calls on the Taliban to stop any future executions and instead pursue a policy towards the abolition of capital punishment”.

Abdul Rahim Rashid, spokesman for the Supreme Court, in response to remarks by the United Nations Human Rights Office, stated that no foreign entity has the right to interfere in Afghanistan's implementation of Sharia, religion, or judicial system.

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The human rights situation in Afghanistan continued to deteriorate in 2023 as the Taliban committed widespread human rights violations.

Taliban forces carried out revenge killings and enforced disappearances of former government officials and security force personnel. In a report published in August 2023, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, and over 144 cases of torture and mistreatment of detainees since August 2021. In a September report, UNAMA documented the systematic torture of detainees, particularly by the Taliban’s intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), with methods including waterboarding. UNAMA reported public floggings of at least 34 men, 8 women, and 2 boys for drug offenses, gambling, and so-called moral crimes since August 2021.
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