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Thirty-year old mother of three Semin Barakzai has been on a hunger strike outside Afghan’s Parliament ever since being expelled, along with 8 other MPs, on charges of vote rigging, and her health is now in serious risk. The former MP is insisting on the legitimacy of her election, and she’s garnered support from a number of MPs, officials, and activists. Hunger strikes, particularly for women, are uncommon in Afghanistan, where complaints and frustrations are more commonly voiced through violence. “We ask the president to solve this problem in a way that her protest should bring a result,” said the Free and Fair Election Foundation’s Jandad Spinghar. “We want the culture of peaceful protests to expand, especially for women, instead of self-immolation and violence.”

Read it at Al Jazeera

October 14, 2011 12:32 PM