Amnesty International criticized the “erasing” of Afghan women and girls from public life, saying that the move is a “crime against humanity”.
“The Taliban must be held accountable,” Amnesty International said on Twitter.
The reactions to imposed restrictions on women by the Islamic Emirate continues both at national and international levels.
“The women are banned from working in the NGOs. They don’t have the rights to education beyond primary school including the universities. Their presence in public service is limited,” said Zaman Sultani, South Asia Researcher at Amnesty International.
Since the Islamic Emirate came to power, women and girls have been systematically banned from going to schools, universities, and work at NGOs. They are also not allowed to go out for recreation.
“We were observing hijab at work prior to the Islamic Emirate swept into power. We were also observing hijab at work after the Islamic Emirate came to power, but why have they banned us from going to work?” said Malalai, a former employee of an NGO.
The Islamic Emirate in reaction to Amnesty International said that the international community and international organizations should not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
“We have said that there should be no interference in the issues which are internal and belong to the people of Afghanistan. They should focus on the issues to improve their relations with Afghanistan,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman.
He said that the Islamic Emirate will solve the issues of female education and work.
“We should not only pay attention to the issue of human rights for women’s education and work. It is ok that the issue of female school, university and work is vital but there are other problems– the people also don’t have a loaf of bread and their hardship increases day by day,” said Naqibullah Noori, university instructor.
