Human Rights Watch urges ICC to suspend Afghanistan in response to Taliban’s assault on women’s rights | Cricket News happymamay

Human Rights Watch called on the International Cricket Council to comment Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s attack on women’s rights.

All female sports are effectively prohibited under the system, with the majority of the women’s cricket team living in exile.

This puts the country in the direct violation of the membership conditions of the International Criminal Court, but the men’s team in Afghanistan was allowed to continue participating in the international game, including the International Criminal Court Champions Cup.

England was subjected to political pressure to boycott their collective match against them, and eventually lost after choosing to move forward in the match.

The Director of Global Initiatives at HRW made a new invitation to the ruling body for the game to take action, where he prepared an email to the President of the International Criminal Court, Jay Shah, saying: “We are writing at this time to urge the International Council of Cricket to the commentary of Afghanistan international members of international courses, and to participate in the international many, so that girls can again participate in the field of education and sports.

“We also urge the International Criminal Court to implement human rights policy based on the United Nations to direct principles on business and human rights.

“By not allowing women and girls to play the cricket game, and not allow the national team to compete at the international level, the Cricket Council in Afghanistan fails to adhere to the ICC policy to combat discrimination.

With the entry of the Cricket game in the Los Angeles Olympics for the year 2028, the global sponsors of the Cricket and the International Olympic Committee can no longer ignore the clear gender discrimination in the Taliban and the violation of the Olympic principles.

“The International Crystate Council is responsible for ensuring that its systems are not ignored or worse, to encourage the systematic discrimination of both sexes.”

Afghanistan was eliminated in the group stage in the Champions Cup after the rains against Australia ended their hopes of reaching the semi -finals.

The team qualified for the semi -finals of the T20 World Cup last year, while he finished sixth in the 50th World Cup in 2023 after the defeat of England.

Sky Sports News contacted the International Criminal Court for Commentary.