Meanwhile In Afghanistan..........

[wolf63]

Hopefully this is not a 'one off' victory for justice but the start of an improvement for women who are currently treated worse than vermin.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29537738

[jno]

well, maybe. But allegations that confessions were obtained by torture, and the trial was over in two hours, don't exactly fill me with confidence that justice was done.

[janbee]

jno, that's all true but if this sends out a strong message to other men, that rape or any brutal treatment of women is just not acceptable.

[jno]

sure, but if they just grabbed the first males they saw and executed them after a kangaroo court trial, the message it sends out is that it doesn't matter whether you're good or bad, you'll still get in trouble, so you might as well be bad. I don't know that this really helps women in the long run. You just have to hope they got the right men.

[janbee]

yes I certainly hope so jno.

[naomi24]

Can't see the point in publishing the picture of one of the victims giving evidence.

[agchristie]

A big question mark over whether justice was done. Sounds more like the public clamour took precedence here. Capital punishment very rare there and yet Karzai signs off his approval on his final day in office.

Progress for women in Afghanistan, in the job sector for instance, has been made but generally there is a very long way to go.

[naomi24]

There’ll be even further to go once the Taliban take over again.

[agchristie]

Alas, that will inevitably be the case Naomi

[keyplus90]

Yvonne Ridley accepted Islam after spending time in captivity of Taliban because she was so impressed with the way they treated and respected her. A living example that things are not as bad as media picks and choses most of the times.

[agchristie]

Keyplus, there were suggestions Ridley had Stockholm Syndrome.

I think I am correct in that she described Abu Hamza as 'sweet'?

[DaisyNonna]

Surely a woman (or indeed a young male) covered from head to foot is unidentifiable and can accuse with impunity. I am totally against any abuse of women.

[naomi24]

Keyplus clearly admires the Taliban. He wheels his one example, Yvonne Ridley, out at regular intervals. All I can say is that if she was so impressed with the Taliban, she must have had a pretty awful time at home.

[agchristie]

Well Naomi, one clue might be that she had three broken marriages before converting.

[DaisyNonna]

I cannot even imagine how a woman would choose to become a non-person.
Could someone please explain?

[agchristie]

DaisyNonna, Ridley was inspired after reading the Koran for its 'justice and equality'.

[DaisyNonna]

Justice?
Equality?
Poor confused woman.

[naomi24]

//I cannot even imagine how a woman would choose to become a non-person.
Could someone please explain?//

Sorry, I can't help. Perhaps Keyplus will oblige.

[naomi24]

//she had three broken marriages before converting. //

Emotionally damaged? That could explain it.

[ludwig]

// Yvonne Ridley accepted Islam after spending time in captivity of Taliban because she was so impressed with the way they treated and respected her. //

Would that be the same Taliban that shot a 15 yr old girl in the head for wanting to go to school?

[naomi24]

Nooooooo! That was the CIA, Ludwig! Muslims would never do such a thing. Ask Keyplus - he'll tell you. ;o)