KABUL: The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed particular rapporteur Richard Bennett from getting 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 watch Afghanistan’s human rights state of affairs after the Taliban took over the earlier yr.
Bennett, who has beforehand mentioned the Taliban’s remedy of ladies and ladies may quantity to against the law in opposition to humanity, is predicated exterior Afghanistan however has visited a number of instances to analysis the state of affairs.
The UN Human Rights Council didn’t instantly reply to request for remark.
Taliban administration spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has beforehand mentioned 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 come back to Afghanistan, a uncommon public barring of a person international official.
“Mr Bennett’s journey to Afghanistan has been prohibited as a result of he was assigned to unfold propaganda in Afghanistan. He isn’t somebody we belief … He used to magnify minor points and propagate them,” Mujahid mentioned, in line with Tolo. His workplace didn’t reply to Reuters’ request for remark.
