Amnesty report: “Taliban are dismantling human rights” | tagesschau.de

Amnesty International criticizes that the radical Islamic Taliban have been dismantling the achievements in human rights in Afghanistan since they came to power. Civilians would be deliberately killed.

Amnesty International complains about targeted human rights violations by the radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan. Since they came to power almost five weeks ago, the Taliban have been dismantling the achievements of the past 20 years in the area of ​​human rights, the organization said.

Together with the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture, Amnesty International claims to have documented many human rights violations, including targeted killings of civilians and surrendering soldiers. Taliban fighters also beat demonstrators. Photos and witness reports document the injuries suffered by torture victims.

Women’s rights, freedom of expression and civil society have also been restricted again. There are regular threatening phone calls and threatening visits by the Taliban to human rights activists and journalists, the report said. Witnesses reported that the Taliban had instructed Afghan journalists to report only in accordance with Islamic laws and that women were banned from working.

Amnesty calls on the federal government to act

The report documents the “climate of fear” among human rights activists, journalists and women, said the deputy general secretary of Amnesty International in Germany, Julia Duchrow.

Duchrow called on the federal government to do “everything in its power” to enable protection in Germany for “people who are endangered by the Taliban”. “It now has to quickly inform those affected about the 2600 acceptance notices that were approved last week, support them when they leave Afghanistan and ensure that the embassies of the neighboring countries carry out visa procedures at high speed and that the people can be evacuated from there,” said Duchrow.

The report is based on interviews with those affected and an analysis of photos, videos, satellite images and media reports from the time after the Taliban came to power in mid-August.

After they came to power, the radical Islamic Taliban had promised, among other things, to grant former government employees impunity and to respect women’s rights under Islamic law. They had also announced that journalists would be allowed to continue doing their work.