Friday, September 10, 2021

UN Says Taliban Violence Against Peaceful Protersters Has Killed At Least Four

 

The Guardian: At least four killed in Taliban crackdown on protests, says UN 

Human rights official says group conducting house-to-house searches and threatening journalists 

The Taliban’s violent crackdown on protests against their hardline rule has already led to four documented deaths, according to a UN human rights official who said the group had used live ammunition, whips and batons to break up demonstrations. 

Ravina Shamdasani, the UN’s rights spokesperson, told a briefing in Geneva that it had also received reports of house-to-house searches for those who participated in the protests. 

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Update #1: Taliban response to Afghan protests increasingly violent - UN (Jerusalem Post/Reuters) Update #2: UN condemns Taliban violence against peaceful protesters (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: It is going to get worse.

2 comments:

Jac said...

And some of this administration says "we have to help them"?!?!?!

Anonymous said...

OMG, what a shock!!! I'm . . . stunned. In the immortal words of the Pentagon press secretary, nobody could have foreseen this.