WILL OBAMA HELP THIS WOMAN VICTIM,,OR IGNORE IT..
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Dear friends,
18 year-old Lal Bibi was kidnapped, raped, tortured and chained to a wall for five days by a gang of powerful Afghan police officers. But she stood up to do what women in Afghanistan are told not to -- she is fighting back, and together we can help her and all Afghan women win justice.
According to deep cultural mandates, as a raped woman, Lal Bibi has
been "dishonoured" and will kill herself -- and she publicly says she
must, unless her rapists are brought to justice to restore her honour and dignity.
Afghanistan's justice system routinely fails to pursue these cases and
so far the chief suspects in Lal Bibi's case have not been prosecuted,
likely in the hopes that international attention will die down.
Every day that passes without an arrest pushes Lal Bibi closer
to suicide -- but there is hope.
This weekend, the US, UK, Japan and other major donors are expected to pledge 4 billion dollars to Afghanistan --
money that will pay for the very police forces responsible for Lal
Bibi’s rape. But an international outcry can shame donor countries into
action, conditioning their aid on real action to fight rape and protect
women. We don't have much time left -- click below for change that could save Lal Bibi’s life and our petition will be delivered right into the donor conference in Tokyo:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_lal_bibi_c/?bCpLSbb&v...
Local custom in some parts of Afghanistan dictates that women are shamed by rape and must kill themselves to restore their family's honour for generations to come.
Amazingly, Lal Bibi and her family courageously are seeking to save her
life by insisting on the prosecution of her torturers and shifting the
blame to the perpetrators, in society's eyes.
The Afghan police force responsible for the rape depends heavily on foreign funding that will be pledged this weekend, when all of Afghanistan’s major donors gather in Tokyo. Donor countries can and should require that funds are not spent to grow a police force that acts with appalling impunity and that police officers work to protect women, not attack them!
There are hundreds of women and girls all across Afghanistan who are
subject to the “tribal justice” meted out to Lal Bibi. Thousands
more are watching carefully to see how the Afghan government and the world will respond to the girl who is fighting back and refuses to die quietly. Let's stand with her -- sign the petition below and tell everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_lal_bibi_c/?bCpLSbb&v...
The global war on women is relentless. But time and time again our
community joins together to win. We helped stop the illegal stoning of
Sakineh Ashtiani in Iran, and fought for justice for rape survivors in
Libya, Morocco and Honduras. Let’s show the global power of our
community to help win justice for Lal Bibi and millions of women in
Afghanistan.
With hope and determination,
Dalia, Emma, Alaphia, Ricken, Laura, Antonia and the rest of the Avaaz team
P.S. Avaaz has launched Community Petitions, an exciting new platform
where it's quick and easy to create a campaign on any issue you care
strongly about. Start your own by clicking here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?do.ps.lal_...
More Information:
Rape case tests Afghan justice (Radio Free Europe)
http://www.rferl.org/content/rape-case-tests-afghan-justice/2...
Afghan rape case turns focus on local police (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/world/asia/afghan-rape-case...
Afghanistan expects $4 billion in aid pledges at the July conference (CNBC)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/47900279/Afghanistan_expects_4_billion...
Tokyo Declaration to push donors, Afghanistan to make better use of aid (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/us-afghanistan-aid-...
Afghan government confident about endorsement of its strategic vision in Tokyo (UNAMA)
http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741&ctl;=Deta...
 After being kidnapped, raped and tortured by Afghan police, 18-year-old Lal Bibi is fighting police impunity and the cultural requirement that she commit suicide. Prosecutors are failing to try her rapists, but a massive global outcry can persuade the donor countries that are about to hand over billions to Afghanistan to use their leverage to force real change for Lal Bibi and all Afghan women. Sign the petition, and tell everyone:  |
According to deep cultural mandates, as a raped woman, Lal Bibi has
been "dishonoured" and will kill herself -- and she publicly says she
must, unless her rapists are brought to justice to restore her honour and dignity.
Afghanistan's justice system routinely fails to pursue these cases and
so far the chief suspects in Lal Bibi's case have not been prosecuted,
likely in the hopes that international attention will die down.
Every day that passes without an arrest pushes Lal Bibi closer
to suicide -- but there is hope.
This weekend, the US, UK, Japan and other major donors are expected to pledge 4 billion dollars to Afghanistan --
money that will pay for the very police forces responsible for Lal
Bibi’s rape. But an international outcry can shame donor countries into
action, conditioning their aid on real action to fight rape and protect
women. We don't have much time left -- click below for change that could save Lal Bibi’s life and our petition will be delivered right into the donor conference in Tokyo:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_lal_bibi_c/?bCpLSbb&v...
Local custom in some parts of Afghanistan dictates that women are shamed by rape and must kill themselves to restore their family's honour for generations to come.
Amazingly, Lal Bibi and her family courageously are seeking to save her
life by insisting on the prosecution of her torturers and shifting the
blame to the perpetrators, in society's eyes.
The Afghan police force responsible for the rape depends heavily on foreign funding that will be pledged this weekend, when all of Afghanistan’s major donors gather in Tokyo. Donor countries can and should require that funds are not spent to grow a police force that acts with appalling impunity and that police officers work to protect women, not attack them!
There are hundreds of women and girls all across Afghanistan who are
subject to the “tribal justice” meted out to Lal Bibi. Thousands
more are watching carefully to see how the Afghan government and the world will respond to the girl who is fighting back and refuses to die quietly. Let's stand with her -- sign the petition below and tell everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_lal_bibi_c/?bCpLSbb&v...
The global war on women is relentless. But time and time again our
community joins together to win. We helped stop the illegal stoning of
Sakineh Ashtiani in Iran, and fought for justice for rape survivors in
Libya, Morocco and Honduras. Let’s show the global power of our
community to help win justice for Lal Bibi and millions of women in
Afghanistan.
With hope and determination,
Dalia, Emma, Alaphia, Ricken, Laura, Antonia and the rest of the Avaaz team
P.S. Avaaz has launched Community Petitions, an exciting new platform
where it's quick and easy to create a campaign on any issue you care
strongly about. Start your own by clicking here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?do.ps.lal_...
More Information:
Rape case tests Afghan justice (Radio Free Europe)
http://www.rferl.org/content/rape-case-tests-afghan-justice/2...
Afghan rape case turns focus on local police (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/world/asia/afghan-rape-case...
Afghanistan expects $4 billion in aid pledges at the July conference (CNBC)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/47900279/Afghanistan_expects_4_billion...
Tokyo Declaration to push donors, Afghanistan to make better use of aid (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/us-afghanistan-aid-...
Afghan government confident about endorsement of its strategic vision in Tokyo (UNAMA)
http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1741&ctl;=Deta...
Top Opinion
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THIS IS WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS PAYS FOR..
In fact, nothing that goes on in Afghanistan is Americas business at all-- what so ever!
Either way I think all that America and Canada combined has spent on Afghanistan whether is be from wars or whatever has been completely wasted. I don't think that Afghanistan deserves our aid and if things are only going to get worse there the whole place might as well be eliminated. Seems minus the humanitarians it's the only way to make everybody happy and stop whining about "Oh, but what about the tax money!".
No aid at all should be given to them.
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