Afghanistan, May 24 -- Sixty-four Afghan rights groups have urged international legal bodies to take action against Cheryl Benard for whitewashing gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
On Friday, May 23, sixty-four Afghan women's rights movements and human rights organizations called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other global legal institutions to launch proceedings against American writer Cheryl Benard. In an open letter addressed to the ICC, the United Nations, the European Union, U.S. authorities, and international media outlets, the signatories accused Benard of denying systemic discrimination in Afghanistan and falsely claiming that women can move freely in the country.
These groups demanded that Cheryl Benard be legally d...