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Group 4- Period 2 Lesson Four: **The Impact of Fundamentalism on Human RIGHTS**
 * Courtney:** I was assigned the final two pages of my packet, which were the evaluation of a case study (#4) about playground safety within Afghanistan and a checklist of which human rights my case study violated. For a small summary of my article, it was a case study about playgrounds for peace, which are establsihed by the America's Fund for Afghan Children (AFAC). This organization attempts to reverse what the Taliban had started by establishing and restoring //functional// playgrounds away from land mines for the children. The Taliban violated the children's right to opinion, to rest and leisure, and their right to participate in the cultural life of the Afghan community, including being prohibited from playing soccer. The Taliban had previously used the soccer fields for public hangings, and took out the life of the sport. This organization wants kids to have a safe place to play as well as engage with other young kids, irregardless of their gender.
 * Kari:** I was assigned case study # 1. On March 28, 1997, Layla, an Afghanistian pregnant woman, was beaten by a Taliban militiaman after she raised her veil to draw a few breaths, since she felt like she suffocating. None of the few passers-by interceded since they were men (in Afghanistan it is illegal for a man to touch a woman, unless he is a family relative). For this reason, Layla had to drag herself to the clinic and when she arrived there she was diagnosed with peritonitis. She needed an urgent operation but needed permission from the Taliban first. Unfortuantely the Taliban took too long to respond and Layla died.
 * Kainat:** I was assigned two case studies; Case study # 2 was about Sakeena Yacoobi, a human rights activist and teacher in Afghanistan. Yacoobi founded the AIL(Afghan Institute of Learning) which educates "women and children in leadership, literacy, health and marketable skills...and how to negotiate constructive relationships with men in a patriarchal society". Because this instituion opened up the same year the Taliban took over, Yacoobi sometimes moved the location of the school and advised her students to take different routes, in order to keep them safe. Yacoobie believed it was her duty and right to educate women and children about the meaning of true religion and equality. Case Study # 3 documented that a group of Taliban fighters attacked a refugee camp in Northern Afghanistan, near the border of Tajikistan, without wounding anyone. The case study went on to say that many Afghan refugees sleep on the floor without blankets, lack drinking water and are stricken with malaria, tuberculosis and typhoid.
 * Melissa**- I was assigned the Taliban rules. The Taliban rules violate the universal declaration of human rights. Many of them violate them and it seems like they can't do anything. Most important information: Many simple things that we are allowed to do such as listen to music, they would get punished or even killed for doing it. Who makes the universal declaration of human rights and who does it apply to? Are there any punishments to the universal declaration of human rights? Does any one get excused in the Taliban? It affects the people because they dont have the basic rights. The women arent allowed to do much.