Moral "crimes" in Afghanistan, Increasing number of asylum claims, Pope's visit to Cuba

Afghanistan, Moral 'crimes' lands Afghan Women in jail.

There is reports saying that there is findings on jailing of Afghanistan girls running from abuse.

Hundreds of imprisoned Afghan women convicted of so-called moral crimes are often based on the testimony of their own abusers.There were even case studies which interviewed 58 women and girls in prison and the results were shocking, more than half of them were jailed for acts which in most countries would not be even considered as crimes. According to the Humans Rights Watch, most of them were just running away which is not even a crime under the penal code of Afghanistan and the group have called on the Afghanistan government to release the women and girls whom are imprisoned for similar accusations.These women and girls are actually victims of acts criminalized under the E.V.A.W. law, but still, the ones who committed these crime were rarely arrested, prosecuted , or convicted as the government seems to be defending the‘running away’ prosecutions as the government seems to be defending the‘running away’ prosecutions

because that’s what’s always been done in the past.

Old habits die hard ?

20 percent rise on asylum claims last year.

Escapees from the new uprisings in the Middle East and Africa, combined with people fleeing from chronic conflicts like those in Afghanistan and Iraq contributed to a 20 percent increase in requests for asylum in industrailized countries last year. 441,300 requested asylum last year , comparing to 368,000 in 2010.The reports surveyed 44 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The largest increase in claims was from Southern Europe , where 66,800 people sought asylum, an increase of 87 percent from the year before. North America registered 99,400 claims , a 25 percent increase.

Is the current world too focused with its economy, resulting in the downfall of psychological well-being in oneself which is in fact going to be a imminent problem in the long run of the oncoming years?

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have gathered to see Pope Benedict XVI celebrate an

open-air Mass in Havana's Revolution Square on the last day of his visit to the island.

The Pope urged Cubans to search for "authentic freedom" Fidel Castro, who also met Pope

John Paul II when he visited the island in 1998, had requested a few minutes with Pope Benedict

and they discussed about church liturgy and did not appear that Pope directly raised the political questions that he had addressed in his sermons. Fidel Castro's younger brother, President Raul Castro, sat in the front row during the Revolution Square Mass.The Pope's sermon expanded on the theme that Cuba should build a more open society, based on truth, justice and reconciliation.

Are the Cubans going to fight for what they yearn for, but how would they do it?