KABUL: The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed particular rapporteur Richard Bennett from coming into Afghanistan, the administration’s spokesperson instructed native broadcaster Tolo, accusing the human rights watchdog of “spreading propaganda”.
Bennett was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2022 to observe Afghanistan’s human rights scenario after the Taliban took over the earlier 12 months.
Bennett, who has beforehand stated the Taliban’s therapy of ladies and ladies may quantity to a criminal offense towards humanity, is predicated outdoors Afghanistan however has visited a number of occasions to analysis the scenario.
The UN Human Rights Council didn’t instantly reply to request for remark.
Taliban administration spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has beforehand stated the Taliban respect girls’s rights in accordance with its interpretation of Islamic legislation and native customs. He instructed Tolo that Bennett wouldn’t be allowed to return to Afghanistan, a uncommon public barring of a person overseas official.
“Mr Bennett’s journey to Afghanistan has been prohibited as a result of he was assigned to unfold propaganda in Afghanistan. He’s not somebody we belief … He used to magnify minor points and propagate them,” Mujahid stated, in accordance with Tolo. His workplace didn’t reply to Reuters’ request for remark.
