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Human rights in Afghanistan Angelica, Esteban, Franleslie, Jean, Jonathan & Omar. What is the Opium trade? Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the downfall of the Taliban in 2001. Based on UNODC data, there has been more opium poppy cultivation in each of the past four growing seasons (2004–2007) than in any one year during Taliban rule. Also, more land is now used for opium in Afghanistan, than for coca cultivation in Latin America. In 2007, 93% of the opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan. This amounts to an export value of about $64 billion, with a quarter being earned by opium farmers and the rest going to district officials, insurgents, warlords and drug traffickers. In the seven years (1994–2000) prior to a Taliban opium ban, the Afghan farmers' share of gross income from opium was divided among 200,000 families. Human rights today … Human Rights Concerns

Afghanistan today faces enormous challenges as the country continues to suffer from conflict-related insecurities. The Taleban, other anti-government groups, criminal gangs have grown dramatically. Actions by Afghan, NATO and US forces stationed there have added to the high number of civilian casualties as well. As a result, this insecurity the Afghan population, especially in the north and east provinces are facing shortages of food supplies, closings of several hundreds of schools and restrictions to health care access. In addition, several hundred thousands of internally displaced people suffer from extreme poverty in camps around the country. What are human rights Our group has planed out 3 skits to show the class at this moment. We hope you enjoy them and understand them at the same time =] How is human rights affect the government? The National Security Directorate, Afghanistan's national security agency, has been accused of running its own prisons, torturing suspects, and harassing journalists. The security forces of local militias, which also have their own prisons, have been accused of torture and arbitrary killings. Warlords in the north have used property destruction, rape, and murder to discourage displaced Pashtuns from reclaiming their homes. Child labor and human trafficking remain common outside Kabul. Civilians frequently have been killed in battles between warlord forces. Poor conditions in the overcrowded prisons have contributed to illness and death amongst prisoners; a prison rehabilitation program began in 2003. In the absence of an effective national judicial system, the right to judicial protection has been compromised as uneven local standards have prevailed in criminal trials. The government has limited freedom of the media by selective crackdowns that invoke Islamic law and has encouraged self-censorship. The media remain substantially government-owned. WOMANS HUMAN RIGHTS There have been early reforms of change in dealing with woman’s rights in the 1960s and the 1970’s. Woman have been fighting and trying to fight woman discrimination. In 1978 “These reforms included the prohibition of a number of cultural practices with regards to marriage and family law that were widely considered “Islamic” within afghan society” as it states in www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/afghanwomen.htm. For over centuries woman have been discriminated against and have been denied of there rights. “From (1996-2001) women were treated worse than in any other time or any other place”, Said in www.afghan-web.com. Some of the many things they were forbidden was to work, leave the house without a male escort, not allowed to seek medical help from a male doctor, and forced to cover themselves head to toe, even covering their eyes. They are tortured, treated horribly. They are not allowed to free of speech. Woman in Afghanistan deal with so many things that needs to be changed. Siatations http://www.amnestyusa.org/all-countries/afghanistan/page.do?id=1011101\

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