Month: April 2009

Canadian Woman Fears “Honor Killing”

Roohi Tabassum: ‘In 3 weeks I will be put to my death’ – Deportee fears honour killing
— “A Mississauga woman says she’ll be the victim of an honour killing by her
estranged husband, a Muslim extremist, when she’s deported to Pakistan at the end of the month.”
— “Roohi Tabassum, 44, says Faisal Javed, a businessman and Sunni community
leader, will be waiting for her in their native Pakistan when she’s sent back on April 28.”
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/04/03/8986241-sun.html#/news/torontoandgta/2009/04/01/pf-8968501.html

Afghanistan: Women Flee as Taliban Laws Return

Women choose exile as Taliban laws return
— “The first Afghan woman to appear on television after
the fall of the Taliban has fled the country, saying it is too
dangerous, as her husband was shot dead outside their house”
— “They told him, ‘You pimp, letting your wife on TV. If you’re a
real man you’ll beat her and kick her and take her back to Khost’.”

Women’s Rights Threatened by Talks with Taliban

Overtures to Taliban endanger women’s rights: activist
— Orzala Ashraf of the Afghans Women’s Network: “It was very disappointing to
hear the president of Afghanistan and most of the speakers this morning not
discussing the importance of women’s rights enough, when it comes to the reconciliation part of Afghanistan’s development”