(Pakistan) Karachi: When a woman's right becomes a 'sin'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\02\story_2-6-2009_pg12_11
-- "'Is it a crime to even think of getting married for a second time?' is the question that
Sakina, 36, posed before the magistrate of the Malir Courts on Monday."
-- "'What was I punished for?' she asks. The punishment that she is referring to
was blackening of the face and shaving off her head, all because she, a divorcee, dared
and actually dreamed of having a second marriage."
-- "She informed the court that her husband, Lemoo, had divorced her two years ago and
since then she had been living at her father's house."
-- "She wished to marry for a second time and on May 27, went to the courts to consult her
lawyer for a 'khula' as she realised that written proof would be needed."
-- "However, when her father and brothers came to know about her intention to divorce her husband, they tortured her."
(Pakistan) FATA: Girls' school blown up in Mohmand
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\06\02\story_2-6-2009_pg1_2
(Malaysia/Indonesia) Teenage model who married Malaysian prince 'flees abusive marriage'
-- Manohara Odelia Pinot: "I've been treated like an animal. I'm like his property and I
was in his room and whenever he wants to play with me he just goes into the room and
plays with me. I'm like an object."
-- Manohara Odelia Pinot states she was injected with tranquilizers and threatened with torture
-- Pinot says that "she was subject to a 'daily routine' of abuse"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/5422894/Teenage-model-who-married-Malaysian-prince-flees-abusive-marriage.html
--- April 23, 2009: Malaysian PM dodges questions about missing model
---- Her mother, Daisy Fajarina "said the last time she saw Manohara was when she
accompanied the couple on a pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia in late February"
http://news.id.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3217741
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