The Taliban executed a man charged with murder in the country . The execution was performed in a sports stadium in western Farah province .
Geneva (Switzerland), December 8: On Wednesday, the United Nations human rights office, OHCHR, condemned what is said to be the first public execution in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country last year.The Taliban executed a man charged with murder in the country, according to Voice of America (VOA).The public execution was performed in a sports stadium in western Farah province, according to Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid.Hundreds of people were present, including the groups' top officials.
The killing was described by the OHCHR spokesperson Jeremy Laurence as a deeply concerning development.Moreover, he noted, it was done in the presence of local people and some senior de facto officials.He argued that public executions are arbitrary in nature and in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Afghanistan is a state party.The man killed was suspected of murdering a man in western Farah province after being accused of fatally stabbing another man five years earlier. More than a dozen senior Taliban officials were reportedly present.The country's supreme court has declared a return to public slaps against men and women in recent weeks for crimes such as robbery and adultery.According to OHCHRs Jeremy Laurence, the death penalty is incompatible with fundamental principles of human rights and cannot be reconciled with full respect for the right to life.We demand that any further executions be immediately placed and that the death penalty be enforced in its entirety, as the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) posted a note on social media. As a result of news of public floggings and executions by the radical Islamic group in the United States, US spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that the Taliban wants to seek a return to their 1990s regressive and abusive practices, according to Ned Price.That includes public executions; it includes amputations; it includes floggings.During a press conference, a state department spokeswoman said, Weve seen the reports of a public execution today.Price said, As an affront to the dignity and the human rights of all Afghans back then; it would be an affront to the dignity and the human rights of all Afghans today.