Sunday, January 1, 2012

AFGHANISTAN: Child bride imprisoned in toilet and mutilated by in-laws for refusing to work as a prostitute


Locked in the toilet for five months, the teenage wife was tortured and burned with cigarettes, nearly starved, and had her nails and hair pulled out by her husband’s family.

UK DAILY MAIL   Sahar Gul, 15, was in critical condition when she was rescued from a house in northern Baghlan province last week, after her neighbours reported hearing Miss Gul crying and moaning in pain. According to police in Baghlan, her in-laws pulled out her nails and hair, and locked her in a dark basement bathroom for about five months, with barely enough food and water to survive. Her husband’s family alsoburned the teenager with cigarettes and cut out chunks of her flesh with pliers.
Despite being barely able to speak, Miss Gul managed to tell media about the terrifying ordeal. ’For several months I was locked up in toilet by my in-laws and particularly my mother-in-law,’ she said. ’I was denied food and water. I was tortured and beaten.’ Doctors say the youngster has suffered both mentally and physically and will need weeks of treatment in order to recover.
‘She was married seven months ago, and was originally from Badakhshan province. Her in-laws tried to force her into prostitution to earn money,‘ Rahima Zarifi, head of women’s affairs in Baghlan told Reuters. Read the rest on: 

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