Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan, has welcomed the European Court of Justice\u2019s decision to grant asylum to Afghan women based solely on gender and nationality.
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He stated that this decision shows that Afghan women are collectively persecuted. Bennett expressed hope that this ruling would be supported by other courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Afghan women within the country are calling for their basic rights to be ensured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan, has welcomed the European Court of Justice\u2019s decision to grant asylum to Afghan women based solely on gender and nationality. He stated that this decision shows that Afghan women are collectively persecuted. Bennett expressed hope that this ruling would be supported by other courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,34],"tags":[38,161,67,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-8477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afghanistan","8":"category-women","9":"tag-afghanistan","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-taliban","12":"tag-women"},"yoast_head":"\n