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Afghanistan
Afghans protest actual war on women
2012-04-15
Around 30 Afghanis, half of them women, took to the streets of Kabul on Saturday to protest the recent killing of five Afghan women. The protesters held signs with slogans including "Where is justice?" and "Enforce law for violence against women".

Fatima Saidi, a 17-year old protester, said, "We hold this rally on behalf of the Afghan women whose voices are not heard and we came to raise our voice against their killing. Even our government is not helping us to reduce violence against women."

Another protester, Sadaf Fitrat, said, "Why is the violence against women continuing in Afghanistan? Women have the right to live, work and study just like men,
But they don't. They merely ought to, and some are lucky enough to have male guardians who agree...or don't notice what the girls are doing.
then why are they being killed?"

Since March, three women have been killed in western Herat, one in Khost in the north, and one in Paktia in the south-east.
More than 50 Afghani policemen equipped with shields were at the protest on Saturday.
Posted by:ryuge

#2  In a world where you are endowed by your creator with certain unalienable rights AND your government of, by and for the people protect those rights, yes you do.

In a theocratic hell hole where the government and people don't believe in those things you're SOL until the creator decides to take a hand.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-04-15 11:54  

#1  And which side of this event was the lovely Hillary Rosen on....?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2012-04-15 01:20  

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