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Taliban’s New Criminal Code Allows Wife Beating if ‘Bones Are Not Broken’
The code permits physical punishment of wives and children with minimal penalties, requiring women to prove abuse while covered, and criminalizes women’s independent movements, human rights groups say.
- 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.
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Scum of the world: Javed Akhtar condemns Taliban after new law permits wife beating
Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has strongly criticised the new penal code introduced in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that permits domestic violence against women. He raised concerns about the legal sanctioning of abuse and its far-reaching implications for women’s safety and rights.
Taliban new penal code legalizes domestic violence against women
The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights organization exposed the document, known as the “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama) last month. This penal code, signed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on January 7 and circulated to provincial courts across Afg…
Taliban permit husbands to beat wives if no bones are broken
Kabul: A new penal code introduced by the Taliban in Afghanistan permits husbands to physically punish their wives and children under certain conditions and establishes a tiered justice system based on social status. The 90-page criminal procedure code, signed by Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and distributed to courts across the country, allows physical punishment as long as it does not result in “broken bones or open wounds”, acc…
Many countries around the world are currently discussing the new laws introduced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban have implemented a new penal code, which equates women with "slaves." Different punishments are also imposed based on social class.
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