KABUL (SW) – Despite criticisms from human rights organizations and the international community, the Islamic Emirate has continued to carry out corporal punishment and retribution for nearly three years.
In the latest instance, the Supreme Court of the de-facto government of the Islamic Emirate has announced that six individuals, including a woman in Logar, have been publicly flogged from 25 to 39 times.
However, since the beginning of the ongoing solar year, this court has imposed corporal punishment, including flogging, on at least 20 individuals in some provinces.
According to statistics shared by the Supreme Court of the de-facto government with Salam Watandar, during the year 1402 solar year, retribution verdicts, mostly involving flogging, were implemented on 130 individuals nationwide. Similarly, three individuals have been subjected to execution publicly for murder.
Abdul Rahim Rashed, the head of foreign relations and media communications at the Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate, told Salam Watandar: “Last year, more than three murderers were executed, with the first two murderers in Ghazni province and the second one in Jowzjan province, being subject to retribution.”
Rashed emphasizes the commitment to implementing retribution and corporal punishment on criminals, especially those accused of murder. “Punitive measures are applied to those who have committed offenses such as drug use, theft, obscenity, and other crimes that do not warrant retribution,” he added.
However, some experts believe that drafting a constitution is necessary to implement retribution and corporal punishment. Subhan Masbah, a legal expert, finds the adaptation of punitive measures against public opinion concerning, especially when the Islamic Emirate is not internationally recognized.
He said: “In the current situation where the government is not recognized and there is no constitution, adapting retribution to this current government creates problems with the world and distances people from the regime. Therefore, these issues should be resolved first, and then the current government can implement retribution and corporal punishment.”
Statistics provided by the Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate to Salam Watandar also indicate that this court has handled 142,885 legal cases in the first nine months of the past solar year.
