Afghanistan: 'Women all over Afghanistan are still being murdered, raped and imprisoned with impunity, the human rights group Amnesty International has said. It says entrenched feudal customs mean Afghan men often treat women as chattels and abuse them without any official retribution.' (BBC)
Monday, May 30, 2005
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