Pakistan cracks down on Afghan refugees, famous photo girl convicted / 綠眼阿富汗婦女古拉 遭巴國法院判遣返
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Sharbat Gula, who is known as "the Afghan girl" who became an icon for her piercing green eyes in an image captured on the cover of the National Geographic magazine, was arrested last week by the Pakistani authorities for using fake identity documents. On Nov 4, the Pakistani court ordered her to be deported back to her war-torn homeland that she escaped from 30 years ago.
31 years ago, Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan girl with a haunting gaze was the face on the cover of National Geographic. On Nov 4, accompanied by her lawyer, she appeared in burqa at the court in Peshawar, Pakistan for her sentencing. She was charged of using a forged ID card.
==MUBASHAR NAZAR, Sharbat Gula's lawyer==
The court considered her case with kindness. She has Hepatitis C and is the mother of 4 young children. Thus, she was given a lenient sentence of 15 days of imprisonment and a fine of 110,000 rupees.
Since Gula has been in prison for 13 days, she will be released next Monday, on Nov 7. An official of the Afghan consulate in Peshawar paid her fines for her and said that they will bring Gula and her family back to Afghanistan with dignity. Gula left her homeland 30 years ago to escape the cruelties of war. According to Pakistani authorities, Gula obtained a forged ID in Peshawar 2 years ago. There are over 2.5 million Afghan refugees like her who entered Pakistan without legal documents. Due to a change in the Pakistani foreign policy, they now all face deportation.
TRANSLATED BY:CHRISTINA LIU
以一雙炯炯有神的綠色眼睛,成為國家地理雜誌最知名封面人物的,阿富汗婦女古拉,上星期遭巴基斯坦當局以假證件罪名逮捕,四號巴國法院下令將她驅逐出境,要把她送回三十年前,為躲避戰火逃離的家園。
31年前因一雙炯炯有神的綠眼,而成為國家地理雜誌封面人物的阿富汗婦女古拉,四號在律師的陪同之下,全身從頭到腳包裹著伊斯蘭罩袍,現身巴基斯坦西北城市白夏瓦的法庭,聽取法官對她持假證件非法滯留案件進行宣判。
==古拉律師 納薩爾==
法院從人道的角度考量她的案子
加上她罹患C型肝炎
以及她是四名年幼孩子的唯一監護人
法院對她從輕量刑
莎爾巴特古拉坦承有罪
寬容的法院判她入獄15天
並處以11萬廬比罰鍰
由於古拉已經被關了十三天,因此下週一也就是七號將可獲釋,而當地阿富汗領事館主管難民事務的官員也代為繳清了罰金,並表示將以有尊嚴的方式將古拉一家人帶回阿富汗,那個三十年前她為了躲避戰火而逃離的家園。
巴基斯坦的調查顯示古拉是兩年前,在白夏瓦取得假身份證,像她這樣非法入境巴國的阿富汗難民,人數多達兩百五十萬人,在巴國政策轉向之後,目前都面臨遣返的命運。
王蕙文 報導
