Malalai Joya: Don’t be fooled by this democratic façade – the people are betrayed
August 20, 2010
The Independent
Thursday, 20 August 2009
In hiding and in fear of her life, the Afghan MP and women’s rights campaigner says the warlords have already won.
Like millions of Afghans, I have no hope in the results of today’s election. In a country ruled by warlords, occupation forces, Taliban terrorists, drug money and guns, no one can expect a legitimate or fair vote. Even international observers have been speaking about widespread fraud and intimidation and, among the people on the street, there is a common refrain: the real winner has already been picked by the White House.
Read More...Jon Boone in Kabul
guardian.co.uk
Friday 30 April 2010 17.30BST
Afghan women wearing burqas walk towards a market in the centre of Kabul. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Feminists in Afghanistan are forced to operate as underground movement, often using the burqa as a convenient disguise.
Read More...Many say one key promise seems to have been forgotten – improving the rights of women. Veteran Afghan women’s rights advocate, Malalai Joya, made the case recently during a visit to London.
Read More...Death threats and assassination attempts have forced Malalai Joya underground, but she is unwavering in her mission to bring true democracy to her country.
Read More...With primary election season in full swing, Democratic Party candidates have begun trying to distinguish themselves from each other and from the Republicans.
Read More...The Afghan parliament should immediately reinstate Malalai Joya, a member suspended for criticizing colleagues, and revise parliamentary procedures that restrict freedom of speech, Human Rights Watch said today.
Read More...The youngest member of the Afghan Parliament earned a standing ovation from about 100 students and drew some tears after she tore into warlords, drug lords and corrupt officials she called a virus killing her country.
Read More...The crowd loudly applauded Joya, a current member of Afghan Parliament and survivor of four assassination attempts, as she came on stage to speak of the corruption that she said still exists in Afghanistan.
Read More...When Britain and America went into Afghanistan in 2001, they claimed that the liberation of the country’s burka-shrouded women was one of their top priorities. So did they deliver? Five years on, Natasha Walter visits Kabul – and is shocked by what she discovers.
Read More...NPR Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with an Afghan woman who goes by the name of Zoya.
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