Afghan Women’s Rights Hero is Latest Victim of Ideological Exclusion

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Ms. Joya was told that her visa was denied because she is "unemployed" and lives "underground" -- the result of various death threats lodged against her by the Afghan warlords she has publicly criticized.

A more plausible reason for her exclusion is that Ms. Joya, who has been called the “bravest woman in Afghanistan” for her outspoken criticism of both the Taliban and the Karzai government, is likely to say something critical of the Obama Administration’s war in her country.

The exclusion of Malalai Joya is just the latest example of “ideological exclusion,” the practice by which our government excludes people who dare to criticize the policies of the U.S. government.

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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/20-8