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![Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed a statement from the country’s top religious body calling for stronger restrictions on women’s freedoms.
Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission claims the council’s statement — which, among other things, OK’s men’s right to commit violence against women in cases where there is a “Shari’a-compliant reason” — is an injustice that tramples on the dignity of all Afghan women…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ihihTah41qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed a statement from the country’s top religious body calling for stronger restrictions on women’s freedoms.
Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission claims the council’s statement — which, among other things, OK’s men’s right to commit violence against women in cases where there is a “Shari’a-compliant reason” — is an injustice that tramples on the dignity of all Afghan women…[READ MORE]
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