of England men cricket team will face Afghanistan on February 26 in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy.
However, women's rights activists have called for England to forfeit the match due to protests over Afghanistan's ongoing human rights abuses. The Women's Rights Organization (WRN) has clarified a statement on Monday, we don't just want to lose the championship game in February, but any sports competition against the national team of Afghanistan.
“The Women's Rights Network wants England to lose the game. In fact, we are calling on our politicians and governing bodies to move forward. We are asking: (UK Prime Minister) Keir Starmer to order catch all matches of Afghanistan in any match. , (England Cricket Team) lose all matches against Afghanistan men's cricket team in any tournament, players and coaches to check the conscience of see – women in your family are free to dress please, get educated, take jobs, travel, have bank accounts, speak and sing, how can you play in a country that denies women their rights personal?” the team wrote.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members at the Labor Party Conference in Liverpool, England on Tuesday. (AP)
“Pride in a team shirt includes being proud of your country's record of standing up for human rights and against tyrants who enjoy sporting success. What is happening to women in Afghanistan is appalling. Any player of conscience should should do the right thing. : Leave Afghanistan.”
Afghanistan has been under Taliban control since August 2021, after President Biden ordered the withdrawal of US troops. Its withdrawal resulted in the death of 13 members of the US military, and the capture of the national capital of Kabul by Taliban forces. Another 45 US soldiers were injured, and more than 170 Afghan civilians were also killed.
After the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15, 2021, the country's economy “collapsed,” according to the UNDP, mainly because international funding through government donor projects, such as the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, was cut off.
The Taliban's takeover has resulted in very poor treatment of women in the country.
Under Sharia Law, women are not allowed to walk in public unless they are among their male relatives. Generally, they are only allowed to leave their house for urgent matters and must wear full veils if they do.
In August, the Taliban rulers it issued a ban on women's voices and naked faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in an effort to combat vice and promote virtue.
Women are required to cover themselves in front of non-Muslim men and women to avoid contamination. A woman's voice is considered intimate, so it should not be heard when singing, reciting or reading aloud in public. It is forbidden for women to look at men they are not related to by blood or marriage and vice versa.
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Afghanistan's Naveen-ul-Haq celebrates with his teammates after being dismissed during the second T20 international cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the Harare Sports Club in Harare on December 13, 2024. (Jekesai Njikizana/AFP)
Afghan women are also banned from attending secondary school, and from 2022 they are banned from studying at all. There are courses available to women through online learning, but women students are not allowed to take the exams.
In July, a United Nations report He said that the ministry is contributing to the fear and threats among the Afghans through the orders and methods used to enforce them.
“Given the many issues mentioned in the report, the situation described by the authorities that this surveillance is increasing and growing gives cause for great concern for all Afghans, especially women and girls,” said Fiona Frazer, head of the people. rights service in the United Nations mission in Afghanistan.
The Taliban rejected the UN report.
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