The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said.

Safia Arefi, a lawyer and head of the Afghan human rights organisation Women’s Window of Hope, said the announcement had condemned Afghan women to return to the darkest days of Taliban rule in the 1990s.

“With this announcement by the Taliban leader, a new chapter of private punishments has begun and Afghan women are experiencing the depths of loneliness,” Arefi said.

“Now, no one is standing beside them to save them from Taliban punishments. The international community has chosen to remain silent in the face of these violations of women’s rights.”

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    7 months ago

    As shitty as that is,

    A woman who was arrested on a murder charge, which was later dismissed, following an abortion is now suing Starr County and its district attorney.

    Hit me up when women can sue men there. IIRC, they can’t even attend school…

    Y’all aren’t actually this stupid but it sure makes you look silly claiming these are the same things.