A UNAMA monitoring report covering April–June 2026 documents sweeping, systematic discrimination and rights violations against women, minorities, former officia
Summary
A UNAMA monitoring report covering April–June 2026 documents sweeping, systematic discrimination and rights violations against women, minorities, former officials, journalists, and religious communities across Afghanistan. Key findings include: at least 30 women arrested in Herat for "improper hijab"; shopkeepers penalized for serving unaccompanied women (Logar); female teachers barred from schools for not wearing a chador (Herat); women excluded from all university entrance exams nationwide; a new judicial decree implicitly sanctioning child marriage and restricting divorce; 389 documented arbitrary arrests and detentions; 137 incidents of judicial corporal punishment including public floggings; 8 killings and 5 torture incidents targeting former security force members; a deadly attack on civilians at a Shia shrine in Herat killing 12 and injuring 14; closures of Ismaili places of worship in Badakhshan; restrictions on Shia Ashura commemorations; and multiple journalist detentions and media outlet closures. A former Afghan National Army officer reportedly disappeared on the same day he was forcibly returned to Afghanistan from Iran.
Where
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Placed to province only. No source names a district, so the entry is recorded at the coarsest honest level rather than implying a precision we do not have.
Legal classification
Each code names the treaty provision the conduct engages, so the assignment can be checked rather than trusted.
Ethnic / minority persecution · primary
ICCPR Art. 26, 27; CERD
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Arbitrary arrest / detention
ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Torture
CAT Art. 1; ICCPR Art. 7; UDHR Art. 5
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Denial of girls' education
CEDAW Art. 10; ICESCR Art. 13; CRC Art. 28
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Killing of civilians in attack
ICCPR Art. 6; IHL
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Extrajudicial / summary killing
ICCPR Art. 6; UDHR Art. 3
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Suppression of press / journalists
ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Sexual violence / rape
ICCPR Art. 7; CEDAW; Rome Statute
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Arbitrary detention, Torture, Education restriction, Civilian casualties, Extrajudicial execution, Freedom of expression, Gender-based violence
Sources
One report only. Nothing corroborates it yet, which is why this entry is graded single-source rather than confirmed.
How this entry was made
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “A UNAMA monitoring report covering April–June 2026 documents sweeping, systematic discrimination and rights violations against women, minorities, former officia”, entry AHRC-2026-0401-HER-01, grade: Confirmed, 2026-04-01. Retrieved 23 August 2026.