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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-05 09:27 PM
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A Free Woman (Pakistan finally releases Mukhtaran Bibi)
After the Pakistani government tired of kidnapping Mukhtaran Bibi, holding her hostage and lying about it, I finally got a call through to her.

Pakistani officials had just freed Ms. Mukhtaran and returned her to her village. She was exhausted, scared, relieved, giddy and sometimes giggly - and also deeply thankful to all the Pakistanis and Americans who spoke up for her.

"I'm so thankful to everyone that they keep a woman like me in mind," she said fervently. Told that lots of people around the world think she's a hero, she laughed and responded: "God is great. If some people think I'm a hero, it's only because of all those people who give me support."

President Pervez Musharraf's government is still lying about Ms. Mukhtaran, saying that she is now free to travel to the U.S. Well, it's true that government officials removed her name from the blacklist of those barred from leaving Pakistan, but at the same time they confiscated Ms. Mukhtaran's passport.

Let me back up. Ms. Mukhtaran is the indomitable peasant whom I first wrote about in September after visiting her in her village. Three years ago, a village council was upset at her brother, and sentenced her to be gang-raped. After four men raped her, she was forced to walk home nearly naked before a jeering crowd.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/opinion/19kristof.html?hp
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-05 12:24 AM
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1. Incredible!
What a brave, brave, woman and what a terribly unjust world this is for so many of our sisters. I'm inspired and heartbroken at the same time.
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