Judicial corporal punishment in Afghanistan

Judicial corporal punishment in Afghanistan is lawful and can be carried out in public or private.

Punishments in camps during the Afghan wars, including flogging, hanging and the shooting of Afghans while tied to a rod. Wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand.

Flogging

Flogging is a lawful sentence under Shari'a law in Afghanistan for crimes such as adultery,[1] which may be punished with 100 lashes of a whip.[2]

Flogging may also be administered as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions.[1]

Courts have also ordered flogging for alcohol use, although a BBC report has claimed that this is rare.[3]

References
  1. "Afghanistan". GITEACPOC. January 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010.
  2. "2009 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan". U.S. Department of State. 11 March 2010.
  3. "Afghan judge whips man for drinking alcohol". BBC News. 1 June 2011.


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