Article 6SJWB Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails

Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails

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Yalda Amini* for Zan Times
from World news | The Guardian on (#6SJWB)

Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work ban

Destitute Afghan women arrested for begging under draconian new Taliban laws have spoken of brutal" rapes and beatings in detention.

Over the past few months, many women said they had been targeted by Taliban officials and detained under anti-begging laws passed this year. While in prison, they claim they were subjected to sexual abuse, torture and forced labour, and witnessed children being beaten and abused.

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