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england men’s team cricket team The match is scheduled to take place against Afghanistan in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy group stage on February 26.
However, women’s rights campaigners have called on England to abandon Shooting Glory in protest at ongoing human rights abuses in Afghanistan. Women’s Rights Network (WRN) launches a statement On Tuesday, there were calls not only for February’s championship game to be cancelled, but for any sporting matches against Afghanistan’s national team to be cancelled.
“The Women’s Rights Network is calling on England to abandon the tournament. In fact, we are calling on our politicians and sports governing bodies to go further. We are calling on: (UK Prime Minister) Keir Starmer to order a boycott of all sporting events in Afghanistan, ( England Cricket Team) give up against Afghanistan men in any tournament In all sub-cricket matches, players and coaches need to ask themselves – the women in your family are free to wear what they like, be educated, work, travel, have bank accounts, speak and sing, how can you in good conscience play a What about countries that deny women their basic human rights?” the group wrote.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labor Party conference in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
“Pride in your team jersey includes pride in your country’s standing up for human rights and against dictators who are obsessed with success in sport. What is happening to Afghan women is appalling. Any athlete with a conscience Everyone should do the right thing: boycott Afghanistan.”
Afghanistan has been under the control of the Taliban since President Biden ordered the withdrawal of U.S. troops in August 2021. The withdrawal resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. fighters and Taliban forces almost immediately seized the country’s capital, Kabul. Another 45 US soldiers were injured and more than 170 Afghan civilians were killed.
The United Nations Development Program said the country’s economy “essentially collapsed” after the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15, 2021, in large part because international funding through government donor programs such as the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund was shut down .
The Taliban’s takeover resulted in particularly shocking treatment of women in the country.
Under Sharia law, women are not allowed to move around in public places unless accompanied by a male relative. Generally, they are only allowed to leave their homes in emergencies and must wear a full face veil if required.
August, Taliban rulers Women are banned from speaking out and showing their faces in public under a new law approved by the supreme leader to combat vice and promote virtue.
Women must cover themselves in the presence of non-Muslim men and women to avoid being corrupted. Women’s voices are considered intimate and should not be sung, recited or read in public. Women are prohibited from looking at men to whom they are not related by blood or marriage, and vice versa.
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Afghanistan player Naveen Haq celebrates with his teammates after being dismissed during the second T20 international cricket match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at Harare Sports Club on December 13, 2024. (Jekse Njikizana/AFP)
Afghan women are also barred from attending secondary schools and, as of 2022, they are barred from studying at all. There are some courses available to women through online teaching, but female students are not allowed to sit for exams.
July, one United Nations report It said the ministry had created a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans through decrees and the methods used to enforce them.
“Given the multiple issues outlined in the report, the position expressed by the de facto authorities that this oversight will be intensified and expanded is of serious concern to all Afghans, especially women and girls,” Humanity Director Fiona Fraser said. Rights Services of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan.
The Taliban refuses to accept the UN report.
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