Many hundreds of Afghan adult females are in jail for "moral crimes", which include running absent and extra-marital sex, Human Rights Observe (HRW) has stated. Inside a report, it said that women have been punished for fleeing domestic abuse and violence even though some rape sufferers had been also imprisoned.
Intercourse exterior marriage - even though the woman is forced - is taken into account adultery, a different "moral crime". The I'd to Run Absent report was introduced in Kabul on Wednesday. The report stated the authorities of President Hamid Karzai had did not fulfil its obligations beneath intercontinental human rights legal guidelines.
"It is stunning that 10 a long time after the overthrow in the Taliban, adult females and ladies remain imprisoned for working far from domestic violence or forced marriage," HRW Government Director Kenneth Roth stated.
Intercourse exterior marriage - even though the woman is forced - is taken into account adultery, a different "moral crime". The I'd to Run Absent report was introduced in Kabul on Wednesday. The report stated the authorities of President Hamid Karzai had did not fulfil its obligations beneath intercontinental human rights legal guidelines.
"It is stunning that 10 a long time after the overthrow in the Taliban, adult females and ladies remain imprisoned for working far from domestic violence or forced marriage," HRW Government Director Kenneth Roth stated.







