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‘If Bones Are Not Broken,’ Men Can Beat up Their Wives in Afghanistan: Taliban’s New Criminal Code
The 90-page penal code permits husbands limited physical punishment of wives and restricts women’s movement and employment, according to women’s rights groups and legal experts.
- Signed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's 90-page penal code in Kabul permits men to punish wives and children if injuries exclude `broken bones` or `open wounds`.
- Since retaking control in 2021, the Taliban enacted strict `vice and virtue` laws approved by the Supreme Leader, reversing protections like the 2009 EVAW law, according to Rawadari.
- Under the code, offenders face up to 15 days in prison for serious injuries, wives must prove abuse to judges while fully covered and accompanied by a male guardian, and married women risk three months for visiting relatives without permission.
- Women’s rights groups warn that the code legalises violence, burdens victims seeking help, imposes Article 13 veiling, restricts travel and bans women from workplaces, education, and public life.
- Rights groups note that Rawadari says the code contradicts equality and risks institutionalising violence against women while omitting protections for children and psychological or sexual violence.
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Taliban new 'barbaric' rule allows men to beat wives, make domestic violence legal in Afghanistan: 'No broken bones, open wounds..'
In a new rule in Afghanistan under Taliban government, women are categorized as slaves, who would not get any protection from domestic violence until they show evidence of wounds. This means that the men are now allowed to beat their wives until women have 'broken bones' or 'open wounds'.
Taliban's new law allows husbands to beat wives so long as there are 'no broken bones, open wounds'
The Taliban has introduced a new penal code in Afghanistan that appears to allow husbands to physically punish their wives and children, as long as the injuries do not include “broken bones” or “open wounds”. Signed by the group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, the 90-page code sets out different levels of punishment depending on whether a person is considered “free” or a “slave”. Under the code, a husband who uses force that leaves visi…
‘If bones are not broken,’ men can beat up their wives in Afghanistan: Taliban’s new criminal code
According to a new penal code issued by the regime, men can beat up their wives as long as "bones are not broken", or the violence causes "open wounds". The directive also includes children who can be subjected to violence by men
Taliban's New 90-Page Penal Code Permits Physical Punishment of Women, Removes Earlier Legal Protections
Kabul: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban has introduced a new 90-page penal code that formally defines family and social conduct under its administration. The code, approved and signed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, has drawn sharp criticism from international human rights organisations, especially over its impact on women. Rights groups say the law further restricts women’s freedom, […]
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