dump in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City ...
By Ben Lando
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq | Four gunshots through the kitchen window. Two to the leg, one to the stomach, one to the head. The woman, who will remain unnamed for her safety, survived the attack, but she is still in hiding.
"For seven years, it was a secret place for housing women," said Kazhal Ali, the administrator of Asuda, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in northeastern Iraq that runs shelters for abused women, including the one who was attacked.
"Now it is discovered," Ms. Ali said, "and we changed the shelter to another place."
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHARIAH LAW: A woman sifting through trash at a garbage dump in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City wears a head scarf and veil. Women in Iraq are under more pressure to conform to Islamic traditions that strictly limit their rights and opportunities.
The wounded woman's brother, husband and two brothers-in-law have since been arrested - by police officers who only recently began investigating and charging those accused of attacking women. Read more ...
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq | Four gunshots through the kitchen window. Two to the leg, one to the stomach, one to the head. The woman, who will remain unnamed for her safety, survived the attack, but she is still in hiding.
"For seven years, it was a secret place for housing women," said Kazhal Ali, the administrator of Asuda, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in northeastern Iraq that runs shelters for abused women, including the one who was attacked.
"Now it is discovered," Ms. Ali said, "and we changed the shelter to another place."
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHARIAH LAW: A woman sifting through trash at a garbage dump in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City wears a head scarf and veil. Women in Iraq are under more pressure to conform to Islamic traditions that strictly limit their rights and opportunities.
The wounded woman's brother, husband and two brothers-in-law have since been arrested - by police officers who only recently began investigating and charging those accused of attacking women. Read more ...
Source: The Washington Times
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