Afghan woman, imprisoned over rape, is free

[N] · Dec 18, 2011

An Afghan woman who said she would marry her rapist in order to get out of jail, where she was serving a 12-year sentence for having sex out of wedlock, has been freed, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Kimberly Motley, the woman's American lawyer, told NBC News that she was released from prison late Tuesday.
"Gulnaz is relieved, and trying to slowly figure out her next step," Motley said of the woman, who goes by only one name.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardoned her last week after she said she would marry her rapist - her cousin's husband.
In an interview with NBC News last week, Gulnaz said she had agreed to the marriage "even though I can't look at him."
CNN reported Wednesday that Gulnaz was in a women's shelter in Kabul with her daughter Moskan, who was born in prison as the result of the rape.
Her plight was highlighted in a documentary blocked by the European Union because it feared the women profiled in it would be endangered by its release.
"This case represents the bigger picture for Afghan women," Motley told NBC Wednesday. "The justice system is trying to correct what went wrong in the first place. The bigger picture is not to prosecute rape victims, and that is a major step and progress in the Afghan justice system."
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KABUL, Afghanistan – “I am obliged to marry him, even though I can’t look at him,” 19-year-old Gulnaz said about the man she claims raped her.
Gulnaz, who uses one name, has been in an Afghan prison cell for about two years. She says she only has one choice if she wants to bring dignity back to her family and tribe: She must marry the man who forced his way into her home, tied her up, and then raped her.
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Absolutely Pathetic. Example of when people (in this case Men) take advantage of so called religious beliefs and principles and prey on the weak.

MissCheekS · Dec 18, 2011

yep... read about this lady... its sad, unbelievable n terrible.... can't imagine something like this is happening in NL... but yeah in the middle east this is seen as normal... wearing "provocative clothes" (probably still all covered up with scarf over ur head) gives men the right to rape you but it also means that u commited adultry n should be jailed.... buncha ignorant bastards...

The_Jelly · Dec 18, 2011

Why isn't her rapist in jail as well..?

simplicityo9 · Jan 4, 2012

speechless. nothing more to say.

Akki · Jan 5, 2012

what terrible justice....

Afghan woman, imprisoned over rape, is free

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