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Jailed Afghan Women And Girls Often Subjected To Virginity Tests, Report Says
Women and girls in Afghan jails are frequently subjected to forced virginity tests, advocates from Afghanistan's human rights commission said Tuesday, calling for an end to a discredited practice that is both invasive and degrading.
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Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape forced into jail: Report
For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because se...
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Jailed Afghan woman freed but urged to marry rapist
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
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Jailed Afghan Women And Girls Often Subjected To Virginity Tests, Report Says
Women and girls in Afghan jails are frequently subjected to forced virginity tests, advocates from Afghanistan's human rights commission said Tuesday, calling for an end to a discredited practice that is both invasive and degrading.
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Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape forced into jail: Report
For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because se...
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Jailed Afghan woman freed but urged to marry rapist
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
