Raped and then jailed
AP News / ALISA TANG
30-Apr-2008 (3 comments)

The chief prosecutor of eastern Nangarhar province who oversaw Rukhma's case suggested she got off lightly.
"If my wife goes to the bazaar without my permission, I will kill her. This is our culture" Abdul Qayum shouted scornfully during an interview in his office in the city of Jalalabad. His colleagues laughed approvingly. "This is Afghanistan, not America Qayum said.

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IRANdokht

Blaming the victim...

by IRANdokht on Wed Apr 30, 2008 04:01 PM PDT

Some things don't change overnight, or even over a generation... This is too common a story for women in the middle east.


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Abarmard

Horrible

by Abarmard on Thu May 01, 2008 06:57 AM PDT

Now I would be for the US forces controlling Afghanistan. Instead we are in Iraq.


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Similar case occurred in

by Anonymous1174 (not verified) on Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:39 PM PDT

Similar case occurred in Iran a few days ago. Three Azeri girls, students of technical university in Tabriz were raped by officers of national security agency.


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