States criticise Taliban's new morality law

Almost 60 countries, including Switzerland, have issued a joint statement condemning a new morality law introduced in Afghanistan by the Taliban. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council states denounced "the long list of oppression of women" imposed by the Taliban. In the three years since the return of the Taliban to power there have been more than 70 decisions and declarations against Afghan women, the countries said. Now women can only express themselves in private and must be accompanied when they go out, they added. + How distance learning keeps Afghan girls’ education hopes alive The states denounced the denial of the human and fundamental rights of Afghan women. This attitude against women "will only worsen the humanitarian and human rights crisis" in Afghanistan, according to the declaration. + Student filmmaker in Switzerland highlights plight of Afghan girls The signatory states called on the ...