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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: marital rape

marital rape stories: 3 news summaries

Afghan Prez Confirms Re-Election Bid

Karzai promises to amend controversial 'marital rape' law

Apr 28, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has confirmed for the first time that he will run for re-election in the country's elections this summer, the Times of London reports. Karzai repeated his pledge to amend a controversial law critics say condones marital rape and child marriage, surprising observers who believed he would... More »

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Afghanistan Changing 'Legalized Rape' Law

Afghan prez says he hadn't been aware law was on the books

Apr 17, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan will revise a law that critics say legalizes marital rape, President Hamid Karzai tells CNN. Karzai said he was unaware of the provision, part of a 270-page piece of legislation covering the country's 6 million Shiite Muslims. "Now I have instructed, in consultation with clergy of the country,... More »

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(AP) - A group of some 1000 Afghans today swarmed a demonstration of 300 women in Kabul protesting a new conservative marriage law. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart. The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex from his... More »

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Afghanistan • Shiite • law • women's rights • stoning • protesters • marital rape

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