INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Friday condemned remarks by a spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office on floggings and said
the comments were an insult to Islam.Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, in a statement on Friday said the
agency was &appalled by mass floggings in public by the de facto authorities of 14 people in Logar province on Wednesday, and calls for this
abhorrent form of punishment to cease immediately.&The statement added that corporal punishment constitutes a form of &cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment, which is prohibited under both the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.&The statement noted that Afghanistan is a State party
to both.Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for IEA, reacted and said that the remarks were an &insult to Islam and violation of international
principles.&&Countries and organizations should not allow self-interested people to make irresponsible and provoking remarks on Islam and
its rules on their behalf,& Mujahid said on Twitter.The post UN rights agency&s remarks on floggings an insult to Islam: IEA first appeared
