People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan

Following its public hearings that took place in Spain, two months ago. The People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan is scheduled to present its final judgement next week Thursday (December 11), in the Haque. Some of you may recall that, in a preliminary statement issued on October 10, the panel of judges found that evidence and testimony presented demonstrated a “coordinated, state-level campaign of gender persecution carried out with the intent to erase women from public life” by the Taliban. To help us understand some of the issues that were raised during the public hearings is….. GUEST (UK): Dr Benafsha Yaqoobi, one of the prosecutors of the Tribunal