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Taliban treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN expert

Taliban spokesperson rejects the report and accuses the UN and the West of ‘spreading propaganda’ against its rule.

Al Jazeera

UN calls for 'gender apartheid' to be criminalised as Taliban denounced for abuse of Afghan women

The UN's top expert on human rights in Afghanistan has urged countries to consider making "gender apartheid" an international crime, in a bid to hold the Taliban accountable for grave and systematic abuses against Afghan women.

Radio France Internationale

Watch live: UN unveils report into situation for women and girls in Taliban-led Afghanistan

Watch live as Richard Bennett, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, presents a joint report on the situation of women and girls in the country.

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“We just couldn’t let this historic moment pass without celebrating it"

City fans can have a reminder of their team's historic achievements forever

Manchester Evening News

Taliban confirm arrest of prominent Afghan education activist amid push to allow teenage girls back to school

A prominent education activist is arrested in Afghanistan by the Taliban amid calls to allow teenage girls and women back into classrooms.

ABC News

An Afghan girls' education activist has been arrested, the U.N. says

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

WEKU

UN says Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul

The United Nations says an Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul

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Newcastle vigil for women and children killed in Kabul bombing

"It is just heartbreaking and we are in shock."

Newcastle Herald

Taliban reject UN report, say no women fired from government jobs

Since the Taliban seized power, they have imposed harsh restrictions on girls and women to comply with their austere vision of Islam

The Hindu

UN expert decries ‘systematic’ attacks on Afghan Shia groups

UN expert warns attacks against Hazaras, other Shia Muslims in Afghanistan bear ‘hallmarks of international crimes’.

Al Jazeera

Malicious Prosecution Claim Against DHS Agents Can Go Forward

From Myles v. U.S., decided Friday by the Ninth Circuit (Judge Marsha Berzon, joined by Judge Carlos Bea and District Judge Richard Bennett), here is the court's summary of the procedural history and of plaintiff's allegations: After she was discharged from her position as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ……

Reason

Woman left blind neighbour feeling suicidal after falsely claiming that he had raped her

CCTV footage proved that the man had not committed rape and his accuser Jade Wass, 26, has now been locked up.

Daily Record

Blind neighbour left suicidal after woman's false rape claim against him

Lying Jade Wass has been jailed

Wales Online

U.N. rights envoy says Taliban must reverse restrictions on Afghan women

The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges and called on Taliban authorities to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate attacks against religious minorities.

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From good old pepperoni and decadent smoked salmon to experimental Makhmali paneer pie, this list has got you covered

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