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-- Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, has released more than 1,000 female prisoners on bail as parts of steps to improve justice for women. --
Pakistan releases women prisoners
Seeded on Fri Jul 7, 2006 6:40 PM EDT
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The laws say, for instance, that a woman has to prove she was raped, and if she cannot, she is charged with adultery - which is an offence.
Releasing prisoners convicted of such "crimes" is a good first step. One can only hope that they take a look at modernizing some of these outdated laws which persecute victims.
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