(Source: Amnesty International) Amnesty International says the threat of a return to the brutality of the Taliban era means the plight of Afghan women should be a foreign policy focus of all three major Australian political parties in the lead-up to the Federal election. Representatives of the organisation, including the National Director, are meeting with parliamentarians and government officials in Canberra this week. "The message we're getting from women, all over Afghanistan, is that violence and intimidation is continuing while at the same time freedoms are more and more restricted," said Amnesty International Australia Director Claire Mallinson. The UN reported a 20 per...
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