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Concerns Raised Over Women's 'Death By Stoning' Sentence
[Tolo News] The Ghor parents of a 25-year-old woman voiced their distress on Tuesday over the recent conviction of their daughter by a Taliban court which has allegedly sentenced her to death by stoning.The woman was accused of having run away with a security force member, before being captured by Taliban murderous Moslems. Their kangaroo court hearing was reportedly held in Ghalmin area in Ghor province four days ago. The woman was found guilty and allegedly sentenced to be buried alive under a pile of rocks. The woman's mother said: "They have taken my daughter four days ago and they want to sentence her to death." While her father said: "He [security force members] kidnapped my daughter and gave her to the Taliban. She has been sentenced to death." The woman sentenced to death has four children. One of them was with her at the time of her capture. This child is allegedly being held by the murderous Moslems, said her parents. Two of her other children have meanwhile appealed to government to step in and prevent their mother from being killed. One of them said: "The Taliban want to stone my mother and I urge government to stop them." Meanwhile Ghor police chief Ghulam Mustafa Mohseni said the allegations are baseless and that the woman was taken by a security force member and police are still trying to find her. He said: "We are trying to find the woman. We will return her to her family where ever she is." However a number of tribal elders said the Taliban's decision to stone her to death is confirmed and if government does not step in and stop this from happening she will be stoned in the same area where 19-year-old Rokhshana suffered the same fate. Rokhshana was stoned to death last month after having been found guilty by the Taliban of eloping with a man. One tribal elder Haji Nek Mohammad said: "They say they are going to stone the woman to death. Her uncles went to get her but they were not successful." Posted by: Fred 2015-12-02 |
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