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Afghan women’s rights icon denied US visa
Published: 18 March, 2011, 17:57
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Malalai Joya (AFP Photo / Pierre-Philippe Marcou)
The US government has denied an entry visa to Malalai Joya for her upcoming book tour for "Women Among Warlords.”
According to a press statement released Joya, she was denied entry into the US because, “She was ‘unemployed’ and ‘lives underground’… Because of her harsh criticism of warlords and fundamentalists in Afghanistan, she has been the target of at least five assassination attempts.”
“The reason Joya lives underground is because she faces the constant threat of death for having had the courage to speak up for women's rights – it's obscene that the U.S. government would deny her entry," explained Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission.
Joya has been a prominent critic of the war in Afghanistan, leaving many to argue the visa denial may be a case of “ideological exclusion” and in turn a violation of Americans’ First Amendment right to free speech.
In 2012 Jaya was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world and in 2005 at the age of 27 she was elected to Afghanistan's parliament.
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When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx to a poor family,
my mother always stressed that a first impression was the
best impression and to have a clean face comb your hair and
clean nails. I can identify with this woman.
She has outed the US State Department, something many of us knew but many never talked about. The first impression of America is the
nasty people who have the power to deny you the visa. Yes the enemy
of America is sent abroad by America. Memo to Clinton:
Your people are the worst we have seen in 25 years. If the US congress
cuts the budgets how many of those in the US consulate will be unemployed?
The fact she was in TIME magazine has no bearing as TIME nominated
The warlord of Iran to the best in show class. Being in Time or on the cover
is not something to brag about.
What an icon she would be if she tried this free speech stuff on the
Talaban?
The US government has denied an entry visa to Malalai Joya for her upcoming book tour for "Women Among Warlords.”
According to a press statement released Joya, she was denied entry into the US because, “She
was ‘unemployed’ and ‘lives underground’…
“The reason Joya lives underground is because she faces the constant threat of death for having had the courage to speak up for women's rights – it's obscene that the U.S. government would deny her entry," .
That
In 2012 Jaya was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world and in 2005 at the age of 27 she was elected to Afghanistan's parliament.
Why aren't you posting what I wrote?
The State Department and the Secretary of State is not all things to
all people. The truth is the consulates are America's worst enemy
As well as the worst first impression of America and the democracy
they preach