Richard Bennett: Don’t legitimize the Taliban without Improving Human Rights      

VANCOUVER, CANADA –The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett says that human rights in Afghanistan continue to deteriorate. He asked the global community to refrain from normalizing relations with the Taliban or legitimizing the group without an improvement in human rights situation.

Bennett presented his latest report on Thursday, February 29 at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. In the report, Bennett writes that two and a half years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, human rights in the country are still in a deteriorating condition.