“We urge the de facto authorities to establish an immediate aufschub on any further executions, and act swiftly to stop use of the death penalty in the entirety”. The EL Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ( UNAMA ) echoed that message on social media. Reminding that will public executions constitute a type of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”, he stressed that they are “arbitrary in nature and contrary to the best to life protected under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights , to which Afghanistan is a State party”. The death penalty is usually incompatible with fundamental tenets of human rights, as well as its use cannot be reconciled along with full respect for the right to life, said OHCHR ’s Jeremy Laurence.
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Moreover, this individual added, it was performed within the presence of local inhabitants and some senior members of the de facto authorities. “The UN strongly opposes the death penalty in every circumstances”, it tweeted, urging the Taliban to establish and immediate moratorium on accomplishments, “with a view in order to abolishing the death penalty”. Over a dozen senior Taliban officials were reported to have been in presence. In recent weeks, the particular country’s supreme court has announced a return to community lashings of men and women, regarding offences such as robbery plus adultery. According to news reports, the man put to death was arrested of murder in western Farah province, after being accused of fatally stabbing another man, 5 years ago. A Taliban Spokesperson reportedly said the execution was carried out by the father from the victim.
