Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"

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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharp-rise-number-afghan-women-prison-moral-crimes-172622517.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jXszODOTKjt4nkrjxzh5vw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-21T172622Z_1_CBRE94K1CG400_RTROPTP_2_AFGHANISTAN-WOMEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Human Rights Watch's Deputy Director of Asia, Kine, shows a copy of the HRW magazine during a news conference in Kabul" align="left" title="Human Rights Watch's Deputy Director of Asia, Kine, shows a copy of the HRW magazine during a news conference in Kabul" border="0" /></a>By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse and forced marriage, and alleged adultery, which often involves rape, have landed most of the 600 women in prison. That figure is an increase of 50 percent over the last 18 months. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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