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Witness History: Women's rights in Basra

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Women in Basra

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Women's rights in Basra

BBC World Service - Witness History, Women's rights in Basra

How women in the southern Iraqi city were persecuted for "anti-Islamic" behaviour

How militants persecuted women in the southern Iraqi city for "anti-Islamic" behaviour following the US-led invasion.

In 2006 after the US-led invasion of Iraq, women in the southern city of Basra were persecuted by militant Islamists forcing them to cover up, stay at home, and adopt an ultra-conservative Islamic code of behaviour, banning them from driving or going out alone. Some women were even killed. Mike Lanchin has spoken to one of the Basra women affected. The producer in Baghdad was Mona Mahmoud. The programme is a CTVC production.

PHOTO: Women queuing to vote in Basra in 2005 (Getty Images)

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