Afghan President pardons men convicted of bayonet gang rape


	Afghan President pardons men convicted of bayonet gang rape

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5-21-2009 12:26 AM

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5-21-2009 3:09 AM

Antara

outrage

5-21-2009 3:09 AM

JackieDel

Tragic! No justice for women in Afghanistan.:-/

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ad881d93-33b5-4654-bf77-920afecdf147/1B2FAAC9-CCFE-4BA9-91FB-D594C11E5F4B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html" href="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.rawa.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><H1>Afghan President pardons men convicted of bayonet gang rape</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><H2>Sara’s case highlights concerns about the close relationship between the Afghan president and men accused of war crimes and human rights abuses.</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.rawa.org/img/454DEFC8-D536-4CD0-9779-F748C0317287" alt="The girl who was raped" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><P class="text">The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has pardoned three men who had been found guilty of gang raping a woman in the northern province of Samangan. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><P class="text">The woman, Sara, and her family found out about the pardon only when they saw the rapists back in their village. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><P class="text">“Everyone was shocked,” said Sara’s husband, Dilawar, who like many Afghans uses only one name. “These were men who had been sentenced and found guilty by the Supreme Court, walking around freely.” </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><P class="text">Sara’s case highlights concerns about the close relationship between the Afghan president and men accused of war crimes and human rights abuses. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/08/24/afghan-president-pardons-men-convicted-of-bayonet-gang-rape.html"><P class="text">The men were freed discreetly but the rape itself was public and brutal. 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