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Afghan women trapped in tribal court system
from the article by Jean MacKenzi in Huffington Post:
....Sakina’s imprisonment stems from her attempts to evade a uniquely medieval form of restitution practiced in tribal courts and known as ba’ad. It is Afghanistan’s version of restorative justice in which women and girls are bartered from one family to another as a way to settle a dispute.
Mar 26, 2012 Human Rights, Country:Afghanistan, Region:Middle East, Indigenous
A Separation
from Judy Bello's entry on Fellowship of Reconciliation:
I just saw Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation last night. I’m not going to send formal reviews (do I ever?) but I just want to share my feeling that it is a really great film.
....One aspect of the film surprised me because it wasn’t the aspect of the film that was publicized. Farhadi’s depiction of the Iranian justice system as chaotic, overwhelmed, but intensely immediate and direct, is quite powerful as a ground for other aspects of the drama.... One might say that the film gives an insight into what might be right about the Iranian system in comparison with our own.
Mar 19, 2012 Theory, Region:Middle East, Indigenous
Our law needs some cleansing
from the column by Sibongile Ndashe on Sowetan Live:
The idea that the enactment of the Traditional Courts Bill recognises and protects customary law institutions, is part of restoring the humanity and dignity that blacks were stripped of by apartheid, is an exercise in falsehood.
Mar 16, 2012 Theory, Region: Africa, Indigenous
