Crowd Attacks Afghan Women Protesting New Marriage Laws »
Posted By Progressive 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Family(AP)
A group of some 1000 Afghans today swarmed a demonstration of 300 women in Kabul protesting a new conservative marriage law. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart. The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex from his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse - a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape.
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