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Release International Criminal Court Today, Tuesday, two arrest warrants against two leaders Taliban movement in AfghanistanOne of them is the leader of the movement The gift of God Akhund ZadehFor the persecution of women and girls.
The court said that there are logical reasons that led it to believe that Akhund Zadeh and Abdel -Hakim Hakkani, President of the Supreme Court during the Afghan government administration led by the Taliban, committed a crime against humanity represented by persecution on the basis of the human race against girls, women and other people who are not committed to the Taliban policy related to or sexual identity or identity.
The court judges wrote in a statement: There are “reasonable motives” on suspicion that Akhund Zadeh and Hakni “committed by issuing orders and incitement a crime against humanity represented by persecution … for reasons related to gender.”
She added: “While the Taliban imposed specific rules and prohibitions on the population as a whole, girls and women specifically targeted because of their social type, and their deprivation of their rights and basic freedoms.”
The International Criminal Court judges considered that the Taliban “was forbidden in a strict” “girls and women of their rights to education, privacy, family life, freedoms of movement, expression, thought, conscience and religion.
The court explained that the supposed crimes committed between 15 August 2021, the date of the Taliban’s control of power, and continued until January 20, 2025.
The Office of the International Criminal Court welcomed the two arrest warrants, considering that they are “confirmation and recognition of the rights of Afghan women and girls.”
The Secretary -General said Amnesty International Agnes Kalamar The arrest warrant for women and girls inside and outside Afghanistan.
Liz Evenson, director of the International Justice Department at the Organization Human Rights WatchThe arrest warrants show that “when supporting justice, victims can achieve what they want in court.”

The Taliban responded
On the other hand, the Afghan government, led by the Taliban, rejected the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, considering the move “absurd.”
The action spokesman said God bless Mujahid – In a statement- that “such absurd advertisements will not affect the commitment and dedication of the Taliban authorities to the law,” adding that the Taliban government does not recognize the court.
It is noteworthy that the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, was established to decide on the worst crimes of the world, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The court does not have a special police force, but rather depends on its member states to implement the arrest orders issued by it, with different results. Theoretically, this means that anyone covered by an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal cannot travel to a member state in which he is for fear of his arrest.