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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday September 01, 2003 09:11 by Ali la Pointe
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WPI Briefing: We have been hearing about the abysmal situation of women in Iraq. Can you give our readers a synopsis of the situation of women in Iraq? Nadia Mahmood: Since 9 April, the situation of women in Iraq has worsened on a daily basis. Women cannot safely walk in the streets. They cannot go to their jobs. During the last months, families have had to accompany their female students to and from secondary schools and universities until they finished their exams a few days ago. The killing of women has become a daily phenomenon. In a country where there is no justice system or policing, women raped by Iraqis or American soldiers are paying the price by being killed in the name of honour. Rape has become a norm. Women cannot even report rapes because they fear the consequences of possibly being killed by male members of their family for bringing 'shame to the family.' read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 01, 2003 00:07 by Phrodo
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Contributors and readers of indymedia.ie will all by now be familiar with the infantile interjections of Trolls, such as the one calling himself Seáinín. Posting knee-jerk, argumentative, hateful and offensive comments which at times verge on the racist misogynist and homophobic, the Troll posts his comments in the hope of getting a rise, say his critics. "But" says veteran user Sticktothedebate " the phenomenon will probably never disappear altogether, its the price of having a democratic media without censorship. The only posts and comments removed are factually incorrect ones and race-hate ones" read full story / add a comment |
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