Amnesty

International
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 Update

Federal government
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Both major parties in NSW
support banning LGBTQ+ committed $420 million to
conversion practices closing the gap
 Plans for the year
Fundraiser
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on?

Events
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The Taliban – background
information
● USSR invasion of Afghanistan
● Mujahideen formation to fight against communism
● USSR abandons war effort after 10 years, civil war breaks
out between the Mujahideen
● Student resistance group – the Taliban – fight back
● 1996 they take power
 The Taliban – Background information
TALIBAN RULINGS
● Women restricted
● Music and TV were banned
● Brutal and frequent punishments
● Post 9/11 - US invasion of Afghanistan
● Democratic Afghan government
● The US hunting for Taliban members
● Taliban able to recruit, governing some
areas as early as 2009
● US struck a deal with the Taliban to leave
● 2021 they leave and Taliban attacks the
government
 Guiding questions:
● At this point does it seem like
something can be done by the
international community to help
Afghanistan?

● Do you think it’s fair to put some part

of the blame onto the US and USSR for
the rise of the Taliban in the first
place?
 The Taliban now
Ruled that: ● Claim that they intend to correct the
Afghan society by properly enforcing
● Women are not allowed a higher
Islamic values in law
education
● Women banned from parks,
gyms and public baths
● Women banned from working for
NGOs
● Public executions and floggings
return
 Guiding questions:
● Do these violations of human rights
warrant international intervention?

● Are these rulings indicating a Taliban

Regime like the one from the 90s? Is
there hope for a “New Taliban”?