The face of the supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, on a poster in Kabul on August 14, 2023. WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the president of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, are threatened with being placed under arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prosecutor Karim Khan suspects the two men of crimes against humanity for persecution against Afghan women and girls, committed since the Taliban returned to power on August 15, 2021. He asks judges to issue warrants of judgment against them. Read later “These two Afghan nationals are criminally responsible for persecuting Afghan girls and women, as well as people who did not conform to their ideological conceptions of gender identity and expression,” he said. explained Karim Khan in a video broadcast on January 23. The preliminary chamber seized by the prosecutor will now examine the evidence on which the prosecution’s submissions are based: testimonies, expert opinions, official documents, statements from the suspects themselves, etc. The three reviewing judges can confirm, amend or deny the petitions. They have no deadline to decide. You have 74.55% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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Publish date : 2025-01-23 23:51:55
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