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MPs outraged over Afghan rape law

ALEXANDER PANETTA

The Canadian Press

April 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM EDT

OTTAWA — Canada isn't sacrificing the lives of its soldiers and spending billions of dollars in Afghanistan so that men can rape their wives, angry government and opposition MPs say.

There's growing outrage in Canada and abroad over controversial legislation in Afghanistan that would restrict the rights of minority Shia women and make it illegal for them to refuse sex to their husbands.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay said he will use this week's NATO summit to put “direct” pressure on his Afghan counterparts to abandon the legislation.

“That's unacceptable — period,” he said Wednesday. “We're fighting for values that include equality and women's rights. This sort of legislation won't fly.”

The proposed Shia family law has cast a shadow over an international conference in Europe on Afghanistan's future.

The proposed law would also make it illegal for a Shia woman to leave her house without her husband's permission.

Critics say President Hamid Karzai approved the law in advance of his country's elections in the hope of winning critical swing votes from conservative Shia men.

Canada has lost 116 soldiers and spent up to $10-billion fighting to support the Karzai government.

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