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Afghanistan

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=26556 This interview was conducted by IRIN with Dr. Sima Samar about the issues with torture, people killing but not going to jail and women rights within Afghanistan. The main violations right now is the law is not putting its fist down and taking out the warlords. The warlords do what they want, such as force marriages, kill for land, make their own little prisons and torture their enemies.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/article627560.ece This is an interview conveying the womens rights issue in Afghanistan with Dr. Massouda Jalal. She explains that the Talibanhas brought poverty to the region and that nearly 90% of women are illiterate and this number stays growing. Also the women are kept out of all peace talk and political talk because the Taliban women are not as mighty as man. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_o8vd6YjZSiM/SsNtTm-5ngI/AAAAAAAADsE/MUrCDn7pXSA/s400/Afghan+prisoners.jpg This is a picture of prisoners and how they are torture by having to stay in a small room with most likely over 40 other men. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0147e0d08a60970b-800wi This is a picture of the Taliban which is the main source of women rights violations because of their beliefs that women are not equals to men. http://cdn.wn.com/pd/fb/0e/1bdc8964feff87d7fcb7a587a1d5_grande.jpg This is a picture of the a Afghan police officer about to shoot someone for no reason but riding their bike to get somewhere.