ICC: Taliban behind crimes against women | DW News

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has announced he is seeking arrest warrants aganist senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women. Since the Afghan Taliban took control of Kabul in 2021, they have issued dozens of decrees that restrict women from public life and education. ICC chief Khan has said that Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQ community, were ''facing an unprecedented, unconscionable and ongoing persecution by the Taliban.''

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[happyanand]

The world cannot be a mute spectator. This is a step in the right direction.

[InGODweTrust]

ICC would never dare to speak about Iran. 😂🤷‍♂️

[benisobenjamin]

While turn a blind eye on Iran... ironic

[ilfyf]

It's a shame that the ICC doesn't have such motivation when it comes to Hamas and its supporters.

[topfamous]

Karim Khan a Pakistani is doing the bid of Pakistan by issuing an arrest warrant against Afghanis, when Pakistan is engaged in hostilities with Afghanistan.

[Dawn-zn]

Have you arrested Natanyahu for Gaza Genocide

[DipJyotiDeka]

UK PM should also be tried for refusing to act on grooming gangs but nobody cares for them.
The international community is only interested in depicting Asia in bad light.

[ronaldbercilla]

A river of oppression has a stream source, “religious belief”

[malaydhar]

For the first time I have heard all these crimes against women in AfganTalibans ! 🤔-bmd

[Anderson-eiqx]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂 While they dont arrest bibi, ICC and the ICJ will always be currupted organizations.

[GladiolusSp]

Took them long enough... While still ignoring similar fanatics

[Tearsofsoil]

ICC cannot arrest Taliban from following their religion. And if you want to be fair, target Lawmakers in Iraq who passed the law to allow marriage of 9 years old in Iraq just recently. That is also a crime against humanity as it just legalised pdf

[Tigers.]

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What about Netanyahu arrest warrant

[miratendo]

When will Netanyahu's arrest be enforced?

[eddavis]

Amazing how the ICC has managed to lose ALL credibility!

[edgardobenitez]

ICC... try enforcing your arrest warrants👳‍♂️⚖️ 😂

[Rita-nxfg]

Taliban needs a lesson. Life for women and girls is completely oppressive under the Taliban.

[omikrondraconis]

We have come far in the last century that we now live in a world where womens' rights and the rights of nonconforming individuals are defended by an international court. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction with momentum.

[luqmankhan]

this lady laye for taliban woman issue what about by Israel did with Palestinian with all civil society western world

[nuqwestr]

Iraq’s proposed amendment to its personal status law would lower the legal marriage age for girls to as young as 9 under certain religious interpretations. Similarly, this amendment seeks to lower the legal age for boys from 18 to 15 years.