Document #1225024

HRW – Human Rights Watch

"I had to run away"; The Imprisonment of Women and Girls for “Moral Crimes” in Afghanistan

http://www.hrw.org/de/news/2012/03/28/afghanistan-hunderte-frauen-und-m-dchen-wegen-sittenverbrechen-inhaftiert

ecoi.net summary:
Press release on Report on the imprisonment of women and girls for "moral crimes" (women’s rights since the end of Taliban rule; the crimes of “running away” and Zina; role of judges, prosecutors and police; laws)
Country:
Afghanistan
Source:
HRW – Human Rights Watch
Original link:
http://www.hrw.org/de/news/2012/03/28/afghanistan-hunderte-frauen-und-m-dchen-wegen-sittenverbrechen-inhaftiert
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
German
Published:
28 March 2012
Document ID:
1225024 (former ID 212770)

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