Gulnaz was jailed for 12 years for adultery after she reported being raped by a cousin that left her pregnant. As the case became publicised, the sentence was reduced to three years. She has spent the past two and a half years in jail, during which time she gave birth to a daughter.
News of Gulnaz's ordeal prompted an American lawyer to launch a petition, which attracted more than 6,000 signatures demanding her release.
Gulnaz is not alone. Half of all female prisoners in Afghanistan have been sentenced to similar “moral crimes,” usually committed when trying to flee some kind of domestic violence.
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