Afghan women banned from baring their faces and speaking in public
The United Nations Human Rights chief is calling on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to immediately repeal a set of laws that – he said – are “attempting to turn women into shadows.” High Commissioner Volker Turk was referring to the passing of new laws last week in Afghanistan that ban women from showing their faces or speaking in public. Read all
Tomas Kauer 
The United Nations Human Rights chief is calling on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to immediately repeal a set of laws that – he said – are “attempting to turn women into shadows.” High Commissioner Volker Turk was referring to the passing of new laws last week in Afghanistan that ban women from showing their faces or speaking in public.
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