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Do you remember Gulnaz?

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On April 15, 2012
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Gulnaz

Remember Gulnaz? She was the woman who was raped and imprisoned in Afghanistan and then ‘pardoned’ to marry her rapist. Below is a programme on her case and the film, ‘Injustice’, which had been commissioned and then censored by the EU. The programme has Persian subtitles, and some important bits in English, including an interview with […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On December 1, 2011
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Afghanistan, Gulnaz, Moral Crimes, Sharia

Hamid Karzai is pardoning Gulnaz, the Afghan woman serving a 12-year prison sentence after she was raped. But don’t get too excited. He is pardoning her so she can marry her rapist! According to a statement from the presidential palace, ‘As the both sides [Gulnaz and the rapist] have agreed to get married to each […]

Do you remember Gulnaz?

Gulnaz pardoned… so she can marry her rapist