Afghanistan's Taliban government has outlawed all forms of public protest through a sweeping new 84-page police law published by the justice ministry, which outlines sweeping changes to law enforcement nationwide. Human Rights Watch described the measure as "another step in the Taliban's ruthless effort to suppress all dissent," with Asia director Elaine Pearson warning that authorities are "escalating their repression." Amnesty International also condemned the legislation as "another sweeping assault on human rights," coming five years into Taliban rule and weeks after at least two people were reportedly killed when security forces opened fire on a women's rights protest in Herat.