Family Law

Afghanistan revises 'marital rape' law (Chicago Tribune)
-- Afghanistan's government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials said Thursday.

Afghan clerics plan protests over changes to marital rape law (Belfast Telegraph)
Supporters of the Afghan law which critics claim legalises marital rape and restricts the rights of women say they will oppose amending the legislation significantly.

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Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai vows to change law on sex (Los Angeles Times)
The Afghan president pledges to alter a law governing marital relations that sparked an international outcry charging it legalized rape. Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Monday to change a law critics say legalizes marital rape to remove concerns that it violates human rights.

Controversial Afghan marital law under attack (AP via Yahoo! News)
A controversial law that critics say legalizes marital rape is unconstitutional and leads toward the "Talibanization" of Afghanistan's legal system, according to a petition signed by dozens of Afghan ministers, lawmakers and officials.

Afghan spokesman: Marital law is under review (AP via Yahoo! News)
A new law that critics say legalizes marital rape will face a thorough review, the president's spokesman said Tuesday, and a State Department spokesman said the U.S. was glad to hear it.

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