Rape was not criminalized in Afghanistan until 2009 with the - TopicsExpress



          

Rape was not criminalized in Afghanistan until 2009 with the passage of The Elimination of Violence Against Women Law. This fact is odd as customary Sharia law clearly forbids rape, so there is no traditional reason that rape should have been permitted in the first place. Rapists of Afghan women are finally beginning to be prosecuted, however. This is due to the efforts of groups like WAW in ensuring that Afghanistan’s laws are enforced.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:30:31 +0000

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