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    UNICEF: Justice for Afghan Girls in Prison for “Moral Crimes”

    Mark Leon Goldberg April 23, 2010

    The video opens with footage from a “juvenile rehabilitation facility” for Afghan girls doing time for “moral crimes” — you can only guess what those might be.  It is good to see UNICEF pushing back against this sort of thing.

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