Women's rights groups hail conviction of Afghan cleric in young girl's rape as a watershed moment

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Women's rights groups hail conviction of Afghan cleric in young girl's rape as a watershed moment
Oct 26, 2014 6:29 PM EDT
By Chandrika Narayan CNN

(CNN) -- A 10-year-old girl, brutally raped, confronts her attacker in court.

The culprit -- a cleric -- tries to pass it off as "consensual sex."

A judge sentences him to 20 years and some $30,000 in fines.

What's extraordinary is that these scenes played out Saturday in a courtroom in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The case is being hailed by women's rights groups and activists as a watershed moment, in a country where women are still the targets of violence, despite reforms since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.... MORE at link provided above.