Human Rights Watch has referred to as for the Worldwide Cricket Council to droop Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s assault on girls’s rights.
All feminine sport is successfully outlawed underneath the regime, with nearly all of the ladies’s cricket workforce residing in exile.
That locations the nation in direct contravention of the ICC’s personal phrases of membership however the Afghanistan males’s workforce has been allowed to proceed collaborating within the worldwide recreation, together with the ICC Champions Trophy.
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The Afghanistan girls’s cricket workforce fled the nation in 2021 after the Taliban regained energy, with a lot of the workforce discovering refuge in Australia
England got here underneath political stress to boycott their group match towards them, ultimately dropping after opting to go forward with the fixture.
HRW’s director of worldwide initiatives Minky Worden made a contemporary name for the sport’s governing physique to take motion, penning an e mail to ICC chair Jay Shah saying: “We’re writing right now to induce the Worldwide Cricket Council to droop Taliban-run Afghanistan from ICC membership, and from taking part in worldwide cricket, till girls and ladies can as soon as once more take part in schooling and sport within the nation.
“We additionally urge the ICC to implement a human rights coverage based mostly on the United Nations Guiding Ideas on Enterprise and Human Rights.
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Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton focus on why there have been requires England to boycott their Champions Trophy recreation vs Afghanistan and the ICC’s response to the problem
“By not permitting girls and ladies to play cricket, and never permitting a nationwide workforce for ladies and ladies to compete internationally, the Afghanistan Cricket Board is failing to abide by (the ICC’s) Anti-Discrimination Coverage.
“With cricket getting into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, world sponsors of cricket and the Worldwide Olympic Committee can now not ignore the Taliban’s blatant gender discrimination and violation of Olympic rules.
“The Worldwide Cricket Council has the duty to make sure its programs don’t ignore, or worse, encourage systematic gender discrimination.”
Afghanistan had been eradicated within the group stage on the Champions Trophy after a rain-off towards Australia ended their hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
The workforce certified for the semi-finals finally 12 months’s T20 World Cup, whereas they completed sixth on the 50-over World Cup in 2023 after defeating England.
Sky Sports activities Information has reached out to the ICC for remark.
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