The United Nations denounces human rights violations and hundreds of murders under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan

July 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report on Wednesday detailing that since August of last year — when the Taliban took power — hundreds of murders have been recorded, as well as human rights violations. Humans.

This report takes stock of the conditions of civilians in Afghanistan, who in recent months have had to face extrajudicial executions, torture, ill-treatment, arrests and detentions, while women and girls have also seen their fundamental rights affected.

Despite the fact that the United Nations has confirmed “a significant general reduction in armed violence”, between mid-August 2021 and mid-June 2022, UNAMA has registered more than 2,100 victims –700 dead and 1,406 injured–.

Most of those affected have been victims of attacks by the Islamic State-Khorasan, the affiliate of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, against ethnic and religious minorities in schools, places of worship or spaces of public life.

“It is high time that all Afghans can live in peace and rebuild their lives after 20 years of armed conflict,” said the special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, for Afghanistan, Markus Potzel.

On the other hand, UNAMA has valued that since the rise of the Taliban to power, decisions have been made aimed at “the protection and promotion of Human Rights”, although it has also lamented that they are “responsible for a wide range of violations of Human Rights”.

In fact, the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan has shown its concern at the “impunity” with which members of the Taliban government “appear to have committed human rights violations.”

“The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of opinion are not only fundamental freedoms, they are necessary for the development and progress of a nation”, highlighted the head of Human Rights of UNAMA, Fiona Frazer .

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Thus, UNAMA has taken stock of the main violations of fundamental rights recorded between August and June, highlighting 160 extrajudicial executions, nearly 180 arbitrary arrests and detentions, 56 cases of torture and more than 20 incommunicado detentions for Taliban authorities.

They have also confirmed 59 extrajudicial executions, 22 arbitrary arrests and detentions and seven incidents related to torture and ill-treatment by the Taliban authorities linked to the Islamic State-Khorasan.

Along the same lines, they have warned of human rights violations against more than 170 journalists and media workers, the vast majority attributed to the ‘de facto’ Taliban authorities and highlighting the cases of arbitrary arrest and detention.

Finally, they have warned of 65 cases of violations of fundamental rights against human rights defenders, 64 of which are attributed to the Taliban, standing out above the rest the cases of arbitrary arrest.