Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Afghan MP expelled for calling parliament 'worse than a zoo'

By Kim Sengupta
Published: 22 May 2007

The most outspoken female MP in Afghanistan has been expelled from parliament after saying proceedings had descended to a level "worse than a zoo". The views of Malalai Joya, in a television interview, outraged fellow parliamentarians, who immediately voted to suspend her from the house for the rest of her five-year term. Some even demanded that she should be brought before a court for defamation and stripped of the right to stand again as a candidate. continue...

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