Monday, August 17, 2009

Brave women fighting for their rights in Afghanistan.(Video)

Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai has been accused of failing to protect women's rights in the run-up to Thursday's presidential election. 

A new law allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex with him has angered human rights activists. 

Jane Corbin reports from Herat. Watch the video...

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