The Taliban's reinstatement of stoning women to death in Afghanistan has sparked global concern. Critics urge the U.S. to defend Afghan women's rights to counter extremism. Calls for a more comprehensive approach to encourage accountability in the Middle East are growing.
Graphic. Barbaric Hopeless ovarian lottery loss for women born in this region. Can’t wait for protests to fill the streets for ALL women to rise up against their fundamentalist GENDERCIDE oppressors, occupier, colonizers + all complicit w/it––and flip tables on these barbarians https://t.co/Ay6RKWFCYc
“Allowing the Taliban to crush the lives of half the country’s population would make a joke of American claims of defending human rights worldwide.” https://t.co/R3mTBZznsB
“Bombs and sanctions do not produce political reform. A more coherent and comprehensive U.S. response is needed to encourage Middle Eastern governments’ accountability and to check the elite power and impunity that are rife in the region.” https://t.co/FNUF5dISol
“Afghan women are experiencing the depths of loneliness” Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror https://t.co/glmjmGkb1d
Bill White: Afghanistan has gone backwards 300 years over women's rights https://t.co/ha0NMQut3W
“The United States must show greater willingness to defend Afghan women and stand up for human rights. Aside from being the right thing to do, supporting Afghan women will also help undermine extremist trends in the country.” https://t.co/JMrKVKk3AL
Add THIS to Biden's LEGACY: Taliban Reinstates Policy of Stoning Women https://t.co/MDbOq4tcIc
As the most extreme versions of Shariah Law infect the Middle East, the United States should question the past 24+ years of adventurism and broken promises. Was this the result we were hoping for? https://t.co/JaduIF1BbZ