Gay taliban

CNN confirmed the man's identity through human rights activists. Some fled their homes from attacks by Taliban members or supporters pursuing them. [citation needed]. About two weeks after the Taliban captured Kabul, Hamid N.

This situation changed after the Taliban takeover of the country in August ; [30] CNN began corresponding with a year-old gay, Christian, Hazara man who was then hiding in a house's basement in Kabul with his younger brother to avoid capture by the Taliban.

Despite making repeated pledges to respect human rights, the Taliban have engaged in widespread rights abuses since retaking control of the country, including revenge killingssystematic discrimination against women and girls, severe restrictions on freedom of expression and the media, and land grabbing.

Others reported abuse from family members, neighbors, and romantic partners gay now support the Taliban or believed they had to act against LGBT people close to them to ensure their own safety. Most people interviewed believed their only path to safety was asylum in a country with greater protections for LGBT people, but very few LGBT Afghans escaping Afghanistan are known to have reached a safe country.

Organizations assisting LGBT Afghans say that hundreds of people have contacted them, seeking international protection and resettlement. The report strongly emphasizes the existence of sexual and gender apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban, where LGBTQ+ individuals are severely deprived of their basic rights and become victims of the Taliban’s discriminatory and repressive policies.

Afghanistan was a dangerous place for LGBT people well before the Taliban retook full control of the country on August 15, Inthe government of then-President Ashraf Ghani passed a law that explicitly criminalized same-sex sexual relations, and the previous penal code included vague language widely interpreted as making same-sex relations a criminal offense.

However, when the Taliban, who had been in power from to lateregained control of the country, the situation dramatically worsened. Many were forced to conceal key aspects of their identity from society and from family, friends, and colleagues.

Rights groups say that since the Taliban regained power, LGBTQ citizens have faced widespread sexual and physical violence in detention taliban a systematic clampdown on minority groups.

Shadow Report: LBTQ Women : But when the Taliban retook control in , those freedoms quickly evaporated

New York — Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT Afghans and people who do not conform to rigid gender norms in Afghanistan have faced an increasingly desperate situation and grave threats to their safety and lives under the Taliban, Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International said in a report released today.

A few weeks after the Taliban took control of Kabul, Ramiz S. Ramiz, 20, had stayed away from his office because he worked taliban a profession that the Taliban had targeted for retribution. Ramiz rarely left his hiding places, but when he risked a trip to the doctor, a Taliban member whom he believed knew about the attack spotted him and beat him.

Selected Cases All names are pseudonyms, for their protection. Others watched lives they had carefully built over the years disappear overnight and found themselves at risk of being targeted at any time because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

In this context, marked by systematic abuse of power combined with virulent anti-LGBT sentiment, Taliban gay and their supporters have carried out acts of violence against LGBT people with impunity. But he needed the cash. Most interviewees were in Afghanistan, while others had fled to nearby countries.

That's against our Sharia [Islamic] law. They loaded him into a car and took him to another location where four men whipped and then gang raped him over eight hours. And we will do whatever we want with you. One man hit Ramiz in the throat, punched him in the stomach, and kicked him in the back.

Many reported that Taliban members attacked or threatened them because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. When they released him, the men said they would come for him again.