People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves.
"Malalai Joya" (born April 25, 1978) is an activism/activist, writer, and a former politics of Afghanistan/politician from Afghanistan. She served as a Member of Parliament/Parliamentarian in the National Assembly of Afghanistan from 2005 until early 2007, after being dismissed for publicly denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan Parliament. She is an outspoken critic of the Presidency of Hamid Karzai/Karzai administration and its western supporters, particularly the United States.
Her suspension in May 2007 has generated protest internationally and appeals for her reinstatement have been signed by high profile writers, intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky, and politicians including Members of Parliament from Canadian Parliament/Canada, German parliament/Germany, the United Kingdom Parliament/United Kingdom, Italian Parliament/Italy, and Spanish Parliament/Spain. She was called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan" by the BBC.
In 2010, Time (magazine)/Time magazine placed Malalai Joya on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Foreign Policy/Foreign Policy Magazine listed Malalai Joya in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. On March 8, 2011, The Guardian listed her among "Top 100 women: activists and campaigners".
More Malalai Joya on Wikipedia.I knew my words were strong, but I didn't think they'd have such an impact. As I was speaking, all I could think about were the weeping mothers who had lost their sons and husbands in the war and all the hungry Afghan children waiting to die in the Pakistani refugee camps.
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