http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-01/rest-of-world/43592046_1_acid-makeshift-classrooms-several-other-pupils
This article talks about how Shamsia Husseini was hurt for going to school. In 2008 Shamsia was going to school when a man approached her, and asked her if she was going to school, he lifted her vail and sprayed her face with acid. Out of her rage for these people and her strong belief in education , she returned to school. She is now one of the teachers in Afghanistan, she claims to be doing it because she wants to show that education will prevail. he president Hamid Karzai claimed to persecute the attackers and have them hanged, but they where later on freed.
I believe that this is connected with inequality. First of all because women were victimised for wanting an education. Everyone has an equal right to an education no matter the race, gender or economic status, and no one has the right to take it away. The second thing is that these men who harmed Shamsia should be punished, they violated the human right to protection, to safety, to express themselves freely as long as it doesn't affect anyone, and education doesn't affect anyone negatively. This is the responsibility of the judicial branch, to pursue and condemn the criminals for their crime. Allowing these men to roam the street is a flaw in the judicial branch because clearly they committed a hideous crime.
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteWhat might cause or enable such a horrible violation of human rights go unpunished? Surely not every judge and lawyer in Afghanistan is calloused and sans compassion. So what forces in society are causing this impunity?