A woman in Afghanistan was seen being brutally flogged in public for allegedly flouting the Taliban’s conservative rule that prohibits women from going to shops without a male guardian. In an almost two-minute video clip, posted on Twitter by a user named Shabnam Nasimi, the woman can be seen being whipped. “The women of Afghanistan are experiencing hell on earth under the Taliban regime. We mustn’t turn a blind eye,” Shabnam Nasimi wrote along with the video.
Last week, three women and 11 men were flogged following the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft and “moral crimes”, it was reported.
Those being punished received between 21 and 39 lashes each, after being convicted in a local court of theft and adultery, reports said adding that hundreds of people attended the lashings and a ban was imposed on taking photos and video.
Supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered judges last month to fully enforce aspects of the Islamic law that include public executions and floggings.
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