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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: New Law Threatens Women&#8217;s Freedom]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch: &#8220;Karzai has made an unthinkable deal to sell Afghan women out in return for the support of fundamentalists in the August 20 election,&#8221; said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. &#8220;So much for any credentials he claimed as a moderate on women&#8217;s issues.&#8221; A copy of the final law seen by Human Rights Watch shows that many regressive articles remain, which strip away women&#8217;s rights that are enshrined in Afghanistan&#8217;s constitution. The law gives a husband the right to withdraw basic maintenance from his wife, including food, if she refuses to obey his sexual demands.]]></description>
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