Afghanistan Supreme Court Defends Public Execution of Four Men, Rejects UN Condemnation as 'Unfair':

Afghanistan's highest court has disregarded the United Nations (UN) reproach concerning the public execution of four murderers on Saturday. “Retribution” has been upheld in accordance with the Islamic directives, as “performed” by “reliable witnesses, and confessions by the murderers” Islamic law Rashid Abdul Rahim spoke.

Friday saw the execution of four men at sports stadiums before large crowds in three western Afghan provinces: Badghis, Nimroz, and Farah, bringing the total to 10 since the Taliban seized control in 2021, according to a report by AFP.

Public executions have become an indispensable part of Taliban’s ideology as they are deemed to defend the law and order, which were witnessed during the group’s first regime from 1996 to 2001.

As noted in the AFP report, Rashid has described the headquarter of the United Nations as “human rights office” without any regard to his policy, as “fundamentally irrevocable of human being or rather lack of brutality and life”, which has became and quote “unjust and astonishing” as reasoning echo with “these man have led to demolishing the lives of countless innocents”. The respondents revealed radicalized Islam requires their demise within the scope of Sharia law, which was claimed along with public demand.

He went on to say further that they have the obligation to comply with it and all outsiders have no right to step into the domains of sharia law, religion and justice.

Outrage Over Executions

The United Nations condemned the executions of the four men with tremendous outrage expressing the highest number that has been done in a single day since 2021, and that “appalled” was not strong enough to express their anger concerning the development.

“We call on the so-called leaders of Afghanistan to impose a ban on the enforcement of the death penalty, to be encouraged to abolish it,” was addedd on the social media platform X.

As deeply disturbing the execution was condemned by Human Rights Watch stating that these actions are in flagrant breach of international human rights law.

Four men were publicly executed in #Afghanistan on Friday: two in Badghis, one in Nimroz, and one in Farah province.
The death penalty is inconsistent with the fundamental right to life. UNAMA calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its abolition.
— UNAMA News (@UNAMAnews) April 11, 2025

Speaking to the AFP, HRW’s Fereshta Abbasi said, “This should serve as a wake-up call for the international community, more so the UN Human Rights Council, to urgently put in place an independent accountability framework for Afghanistan, freeing this lawless system and putting in place the rule of law.”