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Afghan Legal Sector Falls Victim to Sharia Regime Under Taliban
December 08, 2021
The independence of Afghanistan’s legal profession came to an end with the Taliban takeover of the country’s Independent Bar Association (AIBA), followed by the sharia regime’s new mandate that licenses to practice law will now be the exclusive purview of the Ministry of Justice, which also took complete control of all AIBA personnel records.
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Women & Girls Experience Sharp Increase in Abuse Under Taliban’s Islamic Emirate
December 08, 2021
According to new findings released by global human rights watchdog Amnesty International, women and girls across Afghanistan are reporting a sharp increase in physical and sexual abuse since the Taliban established an Islamic Emirate, with cases of rape, beatings emotional and physical torture, and forced child marriage on the rise.
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Latest Mob Atrocity Underscores Expanding Influence of Islamist Extremists in Pakistan
December 07, 2021
A vigilante mob lynched and burned alive a Sri Lankan factory manager in eastern Pakistan after he was accused of blasphemy against Islam, in an atrocity that follows weeks of violent social protests led by the country’s largest radical Sunni Islamist group and in the latest act of extra-judicial violence indicating the South Asian country’s increasing control by Islamist extremists.
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UNITAD Confirms IS Committed War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, & Used Chemical Weapons
December 07, 2021
The UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh (UNITAD) reported to the UN Security Council the discovery of comprehensive evidence that Da’esh (IS) committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in carrying out the jihadists’ war in Iraq and Syria, and also reported compelling evidence that the Islamist terror group used chemical weapons in their war to establish and expand the caliphate territories.
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OIC Aims to Lead Humanitarian Response to Talibanized Afghanistan
December 07, 2021
The Islamist regimes of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have catalyzed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) push to lead key international organizations, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the wake of the sharp deterioration in the country’s human security conditions since the Taliban takeover and establishment of an Islamic regime.
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