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Afghanistan: Afghan Women's Protest 'Stoned' by Conservatives

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Afghan women protesting against a law said to legalise marital rape have been pelted with stones by conservative opponents in Kabul. The group of up to 300 women faced a barrage of abuse and small stones from a counter demonstration up to twice the size of their protest. Sections of the new law, which rules on marital relations, divorce, inheritance and family matters for the country's Shia Muslim minority provoked international alarm when passed last month.
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Afghan women protesting against a law said to legalise marital rape have been pelted with stones by conservative opponents in Kabul. The group of up to 300 women faced a barrage of abuse and small stones from a counter demonstration up to twice the size of their protest. Sections of the new law, which rules on marital relations, divorce, inheritance and family matters for the country's Shia Muslim minority provoked international alarm when passed last month.
To read the full article, please visit Telegraph's Website.

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