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First Posted: 04/12/11 16:37 Updated: 04/12/11 20:43

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An Afghan woman who was gaoled for adultery after being raped will be released from prison with no pre-conditions, her lawyer has insisted.

Reports this week claimed that the woman, named as Gulnaz and who has given birth to a daughter since being incarcerated, would only be allowed to go free if she married her attacker.

Gulnaz's lawyer, Kimberly Motley, told the BBC that Afghan leader, President Hamid Karzai, had confirmed that her freedom would come unconditonally and she would be free to marry whoever she chose.

When she was first imprisoned in 2009, Gulnaz was sentenced to two years but this was increased to 12 years after she appealed. Before President Karzai pardoned her, she had had her sentence reduced to three years.

Motley told the BBC that her client had a 'safe place' to go once she was released but added that "she doesn't have any plans... she just wants to get out [of prison]."

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An Afghan woman who was gaoled for adultery after being raped will be released from prison with no pre-conditions, her lawyer has insisted. Reports this week claimed that the woman, named as Gulnaz...
An Afghan woman who was gaoled for adultery after being raped will be released from prison with no pre-conditions, her lawyer has insisted. Reports this week claimed that the woman, named as Gulnaz...
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shanesps
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11:46 on 05/12/2011
of course she has a safe place, no doubt it has 3 bedrooms rent paid and also comes with free healthcare free education money every week and she does'nt even have to learn the language as a translator will be provided free of charge. welcome to the UK
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mackwell
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11:29 on 05/12/2011
free money family allowance accomodation councilling and that's just for her then there's the rest of her family when they land here and i haven't got a glass ball you just know it's true
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mackwell
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11:18 on 05/12/2011
that could be a man in that get up and that looks like a wonderful city behind whoever it is never mind we will have already paid for her and her extended families airline tickets,accommodations,etc,etc and she's booked for the jeremy kyle show next month
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dlm838
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10:38 on 05/12/2011
And MP's have been telling us for years that this sort of cultural enlightenment is good for "OUR" country ....HOW..IS IT...? And how do the political muppets in Britain and America think for one moment that they can just invade a country that is still hundreds of years behind western civilisation, walk in and instill a democracy WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE KIDDING ..? because it sure as hell isn't the public.
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majdf18148
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09:44 on 05/12/2011
And this is what our soldiers are fighting, and dying, for. This is a prime example of why we will never understand or be able to reconcile our way of life with theirs. Their values are based on in- bred tribal culture and fundamentalism. We must get out of that rathole and let them live as they want to, if that means the Taliban gaining control then they are welcome to it, we will NEVER change anything of importance there long term. The second we and other allies leave, the place will revert to the corrupt tribal hellhole it always was. The corruption and hatred for the west just bubbles away under the surface waiting for the very moment we leave. How can we support a regime that allows this sort of injustice to happen?
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Roger Arbroath
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10:12 on 05/12/2011
I totally agree with your comments. It is very similar in Northern Ireland. The hatred and religous bigotry will never change no matter what we do. We have to save ourselves the lost lives of our military and all of the expense and just leave it to them to sort out themselves.
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Krampus2
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09:35 on 05/12/2011
Nuke the entire Middle East from orbit.
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shanesps
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11:43 on 05/12/2011
at last someone with a brain
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gasmanxxxxx
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07:44 on 05/12/2011
AOL get rid of Huffpost its rubbish.
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bevsteve
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11:09 on 05/12/2011
I agree! I hate not being able to mark comments up or down!
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Blindstu
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07:38 on 05/12/2011
What does anyone expect? That's religion and culture for you and these are the kind of people who are swarming into Britain by their thousands, every single day of the week. Welcome to Britain, the land of the mugs.
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Saint wright
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07:27 on 05/12/2011
she will be killed by memembers of the religon of peace, who put her in jail for being rapped, without 3 witness to prove she had been?
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European1919
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06:56 on 05/12/2011
I bet he's relieved to hear that.
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Atim-moot Tugayak
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06:45 on 05/12/2011
So this is what type of justice American/British/Canadian and other forces have been fighting for?
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British4Ever
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03:47 on 05/12/2011
Wow another Ghost picture!!!
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Vapula
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03:34 on 05/12/2011
So what happens if he rapes her again? Seems that he gets no punishment and maybe if he rapes her again she will be forced to marry him.
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British4Ever
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04:08 on 05/12/2011
She gets a free pass to the UK!!! We soft enough!!
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dough370
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00:04 on 05/12/2011
And this is a president that Britain is supporting, surely making decisions like this when the woman has obviously suffered enough should be condemed by Britain and Karzai should be told to adopt a more humane attitude.
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Blindstu
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07:34 on 05/12/2011
This is not just the law of Afghanistan, or even the decision of Karzai...........it's the law of Islam........Sharia...........and the law that many, if not all, Muslims want introduced into Britain. As their numbers increase here, and they will because immigration is now totally out of control, more demands will be made and those that see no harm in it, will accept it. We must be totally mad not to see the danger of this. They will push the UK people just so far and it'll explode in violence. Just think about this.......are we any different to those people in Jugoslavia and look what happened there.
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joepartyband
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08:30 on 05/12/2011
It won't explode into violence. This country is finished, the touchy/feely brigade will make sure that we aren't allowed to stand up and fight for our own ways. It's over.... face it...we've been partly taken over already. Just go to a few of our larger cities... they are not British anymore. I'm thinking of emigrating to Australia...
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Polarman
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22:59 on 04/12/2011
I posted a comment a short time ago this evening, and it hasnt appeared, and there are no posts pending. I said in it how kind it was of the Afghanistan President to release Gulnaz after the crime she comitted by being raped.
What sort of society allows such atrocious mis carriages of so called justice to happen, then expect applause when they show "mercy". My message, like a number of others has not been posted. Is there a reason for this ?
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chatnuptime1
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00:28 on 05/12/2011
Makes me wonder why we shed so much of our own blood for that regions stability. For crying out loud. We should have just taken over period.
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rp2par
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01:53 on 05/12/2011
I think we should have just let them implode and then 'helped' them.
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