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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan&#8217;s Domestic Violence Loophole]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global Voices: Global Voices: Campaigners are calling for the Afghan government to follow through on promises to change parts of Afghanistan&#8217;s penal code that they argue actually serves to legimitise violence against women. Article 398 of the Afghan penal code states that a man who sees &#8220;his wife or other family members&#8221; in a compromising position and kills or injures one or both of them &#8220;in order to defend his dignity and respect&#8221; will not be prosecuted for violent assault or murder.]]></description>
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