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Iraq: Women's Arrests Spark Protest

Monday, June 25th, 2007 @ 19:33 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

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Countries:: Iraq
Topics:: Gender, Human Rights, War & Conflict

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Alive in Baghdad brings us a video of a protest in Adhamiya earlier this year against the arrest of Iraqi women.

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