“Afghans have the right to express views free from violence. “Reports of the forceful suppression of a peaceful protest by women against the ban on beauty salons - the latest denial of women’s rights in #Afghanistan - are deeply concerning,” the UN mission said in a tweet. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan, known as UNAMA, criticized the Taliban use of force in dispersing the protesters. Nobody from the Taliban-run government was immediately available for comment about the protest. “They put two or three of our friends in the car and took them,” she said. They used stun guns on the demonstrators. The protest continued into the early afternoon, when the Taliban arrived to break up the crowd, she said. “All of us, 50 to 60 women, participated. “The purpose of our demonstration was that they (the Taliban) should reconsider and reverse the decision to close beauty salons because this is about our lives,” she said.
She did not want to give her name for fear of reprisals. One protester told The Associated Press the demonstration started at around 10 a.m. The Taliban sprayed the women with water and shot their rifles into the air to disperse the gathering.įarzana later said the women were going to the UN mission in Afghanistan, urging protesters to stay together. “We are here for justice,” said one protester who identified herself as Farzana. In a rare sign of public opposition to Taliban orders, dozens of beauticians and makeup artists gathered in the capital of Kabul to protest the ban. The ruling came from the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada - the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment. The Taliban say they are outlawing salons allegedly because they offer services forbidden by Islam and cause economic hardship for grooms’ families during wedding festivities. The Taliban said earlier this month they were giving all salons in Afghanistan one month to wind down their businesses and close shop, drawing concern from international officials worried about the impact on female entrepreneurs. Security forces used fire hoses, stun guns and shot their guns into the air to break up the protest. KABUL: Dozens of Afghan women protested a beauty salon ban on Wednesday after the Taliban ordered their closure nationwide. When we follow up with the deployment of our government assets, they leave immediately,” Tarriela said. “Once we publicize these events, the international community condemns them and various embassies criticize such activities of China. The PCG has adopted a strategy of its own to counter such approaches, by publicizing China’s activities in the South China Sea. they will increase their number eventually.” Tarriela said their increased presence in the disputed waters is part of China’s “usual strategic objective, adding: “That is for them to occupy a particular feature, (they will) swarm the area for a very long period of time. In 2016, an international tribunal in The Hague dismissed the expansive Chinese claim of the waters, but Beijing did not recognize the ruling and has in recent years rapidly developed its military presence, including by building artificial island bases in the contested waters. Over 100 Chinese vessels were also spotted in the Philippine part of the South China Sea in mid-April, consisting of the Chinese maritime militia and two ships from the Chinese Coast Guard.Ĭhina claims sovereignty over almost the entirety of the South China Sea based on its so-called “nine-dash line” stretching more than 1,500 km off its mainland and cutting into the exclusive economic zones of several countries, including the Philippines. “The Philippine Coast Guard and the Armed Forces of the Philippines for this coming week will be intensifying our patrols to make sure that they will leave the reef.” “Based on our last monitoring, Chinese maritime militia (remains) in the area,” Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Cdre. They were spotted “swarming” Iroquois Reef, which authorities said is within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. The Armed Forces of the Philippines reported on Friday the presence of 48 vessels believed to be part of “Chinese maritime militia” during an air patrol conducted in late June. MANILA: The Philippines will step up patrols in its part of the South China Sea, a coast guard official said on Sunday, after authorities recently recorded nearly 50 “Chinese maritime militia” ships in the contested, resource-rich waterway.
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