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Pakistan – Fear of death stalks women in Swat

Dawn reportAFP report:  ‘Every woman fears she will be killed if she comes out of her house.’  “Terrified, locked up at home and courting death if they go out alone, women oppressed by extremists in Swat have nothing to celebrate on International Women’s Day…”  “We have to veil ourselves and wear shuttlecock burqas. We are not safe even at home…” “We fear the Taliban all the time. Life is becoming worse and worse for women in Swat”