{"id":931649,"date":"2021-10-27T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=931649"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:13:35","slug":"afghanistan-women-protest-shameful-u-n-silence-on-taliban-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistan-women-protest-shameful-u-n-silence-on-taliban-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Women Protest &#039;Shameful&#039; U.N. Silence on Taliban Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghanistan-women-protest-shameful-u-n-silence-on-taliban-repression%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=931649&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Women in Kabul, Afghanistan, organized yet another protest on Tuesday demanding the Taliban terrorist organization, which currently runs the country, allow them to return to work and re-open schools for girls.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters also addressed the international community \u2013 and the United Nations, in particular \u2013 demanding that self-proclaimed women\u2019s rights advocates pressure the Taliban into adhering to the promise it made when it came to power in August that it would respect the rights of women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban took over the country on August 15 after a nationwide conquest campaign triggered by President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to violate an agreement predecessor Donald Trump made with the jihadists that required the latter not to attack U.S. or other foreign forces. Among the group\u2019s first actions in power was to shut down schools and block women from education; they also banned women from workplaces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/24\/taliban-tells-women-stay-home-until-we-train-jihadis-how-to-deal-with-you\/\">ordered<\/a> all women nationwide not to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan women have organized nearly ceaseless waves of protests, particularly in Kabul and Herat, against these measures, participating in peaceful assemblies by chanting and raising signs outlining their demands to the new regime. Taliban jihadists have attacked several of these protests despite senior Taliban leaders vowing the terrorists would not use violence against civilians.<\/p>\n<p>The Kabul protest on Tuesday, according to Afghan news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaama.com\/women-protest-over-closed-schools-for-girls-in-afghanistan-5758765\/\">Khaama Press<\/a>, differed from most of the previous assemblies in that participants demanded the United Nations act to defend their rights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0970149253731\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A number of women on Tuesday protested in Kabul and called for girls\u2019 education and for women\u2019s right to work. They also called on the international community to hear the voice of women.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOLOnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOLOnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ltOgBHB5Wp\">pic.twitter.com\/ltOgBHB5Wp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1452927408777146374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The protest took place outside of the U.N.\u2019s Afghanistan mission headquarters, and the women reportedly demanded to meet with program leader&nbsp;Deborah Lyons and make their demands heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protestors said that the silence of the U.N. against the ongoing situation in Afghanistan is \u2018shameful,&#8217;\u201d Khaama reported. \u201cThe women chanted \u2018rights to education, rights to work, are the fundamental rights of women\u2019 and \u2018history will be ashamed of the silence of the U.N.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tolo News, an Afghan news broadcaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/tolonews.com\/index.php\/afghanistan-175184\">reported<\/a> that the women also made the case that their participation in the workforce and access to education are consistent with&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em>, the Islamic law. Taliban jihadists have repeatedly asserted that they would only respect the rights for women that exist within&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em>, implying that basic civic rights afforded to women in free states would remain off-limits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday half of Afghanistan\u2019s population has been removed. We are deprived of our rights,\u201d protester Marjan Amiri told Tolo News. Another protester lamented \u201cthe international community\u2019s silence over the situation in Afghanistan,\u201d noting this as the central reason for the protest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>No reports surfaced of the Taliban attacking Tuesday\u2019s protest, perhaps because it addressed the United Nations and not only the Taliban itself. A similar protest in Kabul last week in front of the Afghan Ministry of Education \u2013 on that occasion, specifically demanding the return of girls to schools \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/10\/21\/taliban-beat-women-protesters-in-afghan-capital\/\">resulted<\/a> in Taliban terrorists assaulting the about 20 women convened.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18410714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Afghanstan-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18410714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Afghanstan-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Taliban members stop women protesting for women&#039;s rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. (Bulent Kilic\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taliban members stop women protesting for women\u2019s rights in Kabul on October 21, 2021. (Bulent Kilic\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThough the protest was peaceful and the Taliban allowed the protestors to walk from the ministry of education to the ministry of finance, turned violent later,\u201d Khaama Press reported last week. \u201cEyewitnesses say that the Taliban fighters policing the demonstration beat a foreign and two local journalists after they were scattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Women almost immediately organized protests against the Taliban following their return to power on August 15. The Taliban jihadist group regularly committed gross human rights violations against women during its rule in the 1990s, banning women from public places unless they wore a&nbsp;<em>burqa<\/em>, a garment that covers every inch of their bodies. In light of that history, human rights groups denounced the Taliban\u2019s return to power as a deadly threat to women in the country. Taliban spokesmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/17\/afghanistan-women-protest-kabul-streets-work-education-taliban\/\">insisted<\/a> that they would give women all rights \u201caccording to the&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em>,\u201d without specifying the limits of their current interpretation of&nbsp;<em>sharia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban jihadists shut down schools and banned women from offices, forcing them to return home if they approached their places of work. Terrorist spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced a soft ban on women in public less than two weeks into their rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking women to stay home at the moment,\u201d Mujahid&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/taliban-say-no-afghans-are-allowed-entry-to-kabul-airport-live-updates\/a-58962732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>&nbsp;at a press conference.&nbsp;\u201cThere are security concerns and once we have that under control, our sisters will be able to return to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17579762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Taliban-Press-Conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17579762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Taliban-Press-Conference.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (L) gestures as he arrives to hold the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021 following the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Hoshang HASHIMI \/ AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (L) gestures as he arrives to hold the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021, following the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan. (Hoshang Hashimi\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mujahid conceded that the Taliban itself was the root cause of those \u201csecurity concerns\u201d and asked women to give the group time to teach its members \u201chow to deal with women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The international community has done little in response to the vocally expressed concerns of Afghan women. The United Nations, in particular, has established a rapport with the Taliban that has resulted in no meaningful action to defend Afghan women\u2019s rights. A senior official within UNICEF, the U.N. children\u2019s agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/17\/unicef-optimistic-taliban-girls-school\/\">said<\/a> in August that he was \u201cquite optimistic\u201d the Taliban would allow girls to safely attend school and asserted UNICEF had \u201cnot had a single issue with the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The head of the World Food Programme (WFP), the U.N.\u2019s Nobel-Prize-winning aid arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/27\/u-n-s-world-food-programme-taliban\/\">met<\/a> with Taliban officials in Qatar shortly after their seizure of power to discuss how to continue the WFP\u2019s operations under the radical Islamist regime. Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen revealed the meeting; the WFP notably omitted publicizing the event.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. Security Council has addressed Taliban concerns through weak language in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/31\/u-n-security-council-politely-requests-taliban-respect-human-rights\/\">resolutions<\/a>. Towards the end of October, a Security Council resolution urged the Taliban to allow \u201cfull, equal and meaningful representation of women\u201d and had previously urged the Taliban to establish \u201cinclusive\u201d governance in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/10\/un-chief-to-afp-we-must-have-dialogue-with-the-taliban\/\">told<\/a> the Agence France-Presse (AFP) in September that he felt the U.N. had a responsibility to \u201cmaintain a dialogue with the Taliban, where we affirm our principles directly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17961850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Displaced-afghans.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17961850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Displaced-afghans.jpeg\" alt=\"Displaced Afghan families head into Kabul from the northern provinces desperately leaving their homes behind on August 10, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein \/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Displaced Afghan families head into Kabul from the northern provinces desperately leaving their homes behind on August 10, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein \/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur duty is to extend our solidarity to a people who suffer greatly, where millions and millions risk dying of hunger,\u201d Guterres said, offering \u201ca dialogue with a feeling of solidarity with the Afghan people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, the U.N. pleaded with international donors to raise $600 million for Afghanistan, stating that the Taliban had guaranteed that the money would be used for its intended humanitarian purpose. The statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/09\/13\/u-n-seeks-600-million-in-donations-for-taliban-ruled-afghanistan\/\">suggested<\/a> the Taliban would be in control of that money as the de facto government of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635278877327000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHucAEncaPt08O-kGmpFVa4vKUCPg\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635278877327000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAUIF5O75kDl0Ko-EssY4ypyLEPA\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in Kabul, Afghanistan, organized yet another protest on Tuesday demanding the Taliban terrorist organization, which currently runs the country, allow them to return to work and re-open schools for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}