Freedom of Rights

In the CNN article titled "Jailed Afghan rape victim has sentence reduced, remains in jail", the sources describe the tragedy of an Afghan rape victim who due to her country's law of bearing a child out of wedlock, she is being given the choice of marrying her attacker to stay out jail (http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/23/world/meast/afghan-rape-victim/index.html?hpt=hp_c3). She was given twelve years in jail, but has now received a reduced sentence of three years. She has given birth to the child, and the child is being imprisoned with her her mother at the Badambagh Prison on the outskirts of Kabul. Gulnaz, the twenty-one year old rape victim, at first tried to hide evidence of her pregnancy to avoid bringing shame to her community, but she obviously could not. Gulnaz, four months pregnant, was incarcerated for not reporting the crime on time even though she was raped. The officials say there was not enough time to investigate to prove her innocence. Gulnaz's attacker has denied ever having sex with her, and told CNN that he was in jail because he had been "accused" of rape. Records show that he is in jail for "zina", it's a Dari word that means "adultery." Last wednesday, the head spokesman for the afghan attorney general said her sentence will be reduced by another court hearing to the three years, but the charge remains against Gulnaz for not reporting her attack early enough. Gulnaz's lawyer, Kim Motley, said that her client on Tuesday was not made aware of the reduced sentence, because there had been no official notification of it. The attorney general spokesman, Rahmatullah Nazari, said their investigation is concluded and that there was no rape, but sex outside of wedlock. The laws in Afghanistan are cruel because of their mixture of politics and religion. Gulnaz pliedid innocent. Any who is sane would go to the authorities when a family member has sexuly assualted them. I think the fear of her possiblly being convicted of adultery, delayed her from going to the authorities. I mean, twelve years in jail for adultery sounds idiotic. The people in Afghanistan need to have their freedom from such laws as these. The reason this case was made a scandel is because the fact thaat soeone got raped and is now being incarcerated even though they are innocent. There is no way she could have made money from this. If she did have an affair of some sort she would have never came to the authorities with this because she knew she would have being covicted of adultery. Rahmatullah Nazari needs to check his facts one more time. This is unfair.

Inspiration

Music. Everyone loves music. It is a form of art, an art form. Whether it be classical symphony, to Sergeant Pepper the classic album of the Beetles, or the new Wale CD. Music is poetry illustrated through song and rhythm  People choose to listen to music as a recreational activity. Others, like myself, choose to listen to music as inspiration. I get inspired when I listen to music. My I Pod is full of christian music and I love it. At any given time of the day I can pop in my ear buds and begin to listen to a playlist. The history of music has been amazing, but the development from where it has come and where it is going is a whole other topic. The music I listen to uplifts my Spirit. It brings me up whenever I am feeling down. With music, the possibilities are endless. I consider music as my anti drug. It occupies my time, and inspires me to do better. Music can influence someone for the good, and sadly for the bad. This is why I no longer choose the music I used to listen to, and listen to Christian music which is inspirational music.