By Lakhvir Kaur
This video reflects how simple human rights are taken away from Afghan women. Women are considered property by Afghan men and if a woman tries to escape her violent husband, or a forced marriage, or if they are raped, they are usually sent behind bars. This means that there are a lot of women in Afghan prisons for crimes that you and I wouldn’t consider criminal. Gulnaz, an Afghan woman, has a similar story. She was raped by her cousin’s husband and she was put behind bars for adultery. The brutal attack on the poor woman does not stop here, but rather she was offered a pardon by judge only if she agrees to marry her rapist. Could you imagine being forced to choose between marrying your rapist or staying in prison? This is just one story, but there are thousands of stories of Afghan women which are left unheard behind bars.