"Months later, about 10 Taliban members surrounded my car. I was traveling with my mother, sister, brother-in-law, and nephews, ages six and 10. They beat my brother-in-law and took my 10-year-old nephew. They dragged me out of the car and hit me with their AK-47s and stun guns. They covered my eyes, put a gun to my head, and told me they would kill me if I moved. Then they locked me up."
"The voice of Witness 22, who testified in person, sometimes trembles but never breaks. She recounts with surgical precision, before the court's panel of experts, the suffering she endured during her imprisonment: the beatings, the electric shocks, and the psychological torture she was subjected to when she was forced to listen to the screams of her brother-in-law, who was also being abused in a nearby room."
The Taliban's return to power on August 15, 2021 produced widespread gender-based repression. An eyewitness described being ambushed by about ten Taliban members who beat relatives, abducted a ten-year-old nephew, dragged her from the car, beat her with AK-47s and stun guns, blindfolded her, threatened to kill her, and detained her. The Permanent People's Tribunal in Madrid held a special session documenting gender apartheid and issued a preliminary verdict finding the Taliban's conduct amounts to crimes against humanity due to gender persecution. The tribunal's rulings are non-binding but carry symbolic weight and have been used to pressure governments and parliaments.
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