Five Women Buried Alive - and the Media Ignore It


	Five Women Buried Alive - and the Media Ignore It

invictus

9-7-2008 6:43 PM

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pakistan, human rights, murder, traditions, women, democracy

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9-7-2008 7:38 PM

lifecyce1898

I don't know whats more shocking, the event or the lack of coverage

9-7-2008 11:32 PM

hitchhiker08

Both - the worst part is we can all cry ourselves hoarse but such outrages will continue...

9-8-2008 5:55 PM

shaor

omg what an awful thing to do to a human

9-9-2008 12:57 AM

meancookie89

I think these men have tooooo much power!

9-9-2008 1:05 AM

skwirlinator

Only by understanding this can we hope to change it.

9-9-2008 11:38 PM

arifsali

I beg to differ on a suggestion that media ignored it. This is one of the most highly visible incident in the media, at least in Pakistan, if not in USA.

9-10-2008 5:48 AM

RecordSage

I agree with arifsali, I don't think it was ignored, but it could've been more prominent, considering how appalling it was.

skwirlinator, what do you mean by your comment? what is it about this act that's not 'understandable'? I can't believe that you think that somehow, with some sort of explanation - you would believe that this act was justifiable? And if you don't (and I sincerely hope you don't), then what's there to understand? It was totally wrong... period.

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