Woman killed - because she gave birth to a baby girl
Husband and mother-in-law wanted a boy
Picture taken from www.violenceagainstwomeninternational.wordpress.comAn Afghan woman was choked to death by her husband and mother-in-law for delivering a baby girl for the third time in northern Afghanistan, a police spokesman said Monday.
“Storay, a 30-year-old mother of three, was choked to death by her husband and her mother-in-law in a remote village in Khanabad district of Kunduz province,” Sayed Sarwar Hussaini told dpa.
“She was told by her husband that if she delivered another baby girl, he would kill her,” Hussaini said.
The woman gave birth to the third girl three months ago.
“We have arrested Storay’s mother-in-law and we are looking for her husband, too, who is on the run,” Hussaini said.
Last month, a teenage girl was rescued by police in the neighbouring province of Baghlan after her in-laws tortured and kept her in a toilet for six months because she refused to prostitute herself.
Rights activists have constantly raised concerns over the treatment of women in Afghan society.
A United Nations report in 2010 said nearly one-third of all Afghan women are exposed to some level of physical and psychological violence and an estimated 25 per cent suffer sexual abuse.
MommaC
Why didn't the mother-in-law strangle her son instead?Men carry the Y chromosome so it is up to their little swimmers to determine if it is a boy or not.
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Eraser
woow *shocked* typing this with my middle fingers..wht the f***k..for giving birth to a gal ( may ur sould rest in peace my sister from another mother..) i thought Mzansi people where sick..nw i knw a land of sick people...Report Abuse
Haha-sabela
Oh guyz this is terrible, how can a lady killed because she gave birth to baby girly no, no, no maan. The man and her mum must go to jail and the officers must throw the keys to the sea so that they can not come back and see their family again, this s too badReport Abuse
Naked
tht goes to show tht women on some parts of the world still hve no rights whtsoever. this is sad, stupid man,stupid mother inlaw, stupid family!Report Abuse