Afghanistan: Taliban must halt all executions and abolish death penalty

Responding to the double public executions by the Taliban yesterday, Livia Saccardi, Amnesty International’s interim Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said:

“We oppose all executions as a violation of the right to life. The Taliban has been repeatedly carrying them out publicly which is a gross affront to human dignity as well as a violation of international laws and standards and cannot be tolerated.

“Amnesty International reiterates that the Taliban de-facto authorities must immediately halt all executions and…