RAWA believes that no other nation can liberate Afghan women, and it is their own responsibility to raise and fight for their rights. In this hard fight we need the support and solidarity of peace-loving and democratic-minded people of the…
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Parwez Kambakhsh sentenced to 20 years
by AMIR SHAH, Associated Press, Oct. 21, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence for a journalism student accused of blasphemy and instead sentenced him Tuesday to 20 years in prison. The death sentence against…
Secret society campaigns for female rights
A RAWA class. Photo: Anja Niedringhaus / AP by Chris Sands, Foreign Correspondent The National, September 22, 2008 KABUL // They often stay in safehouses and they do not give their names to the media. Sometimes even their relatives have…