Thursday 1 May 2008

Rukhma- Jailed for being a Rape Victim


Rukhma, a young woman from Pakistan who was trafficked across the border to Afghanistan was handed to an Afghan man who raped her, then beat her toddler son to death before her eyes. The man was sentenced to jail for murder, but the Afghan courts jailed her too for 'adultery' because she ran away from home and is seen as responsible for her rape. She has given birth to a baby girl in jail.

This is how women are treated in Afghanistan.

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