Colvin’s testimony true: former Afghan MP
CBC News, November 26, 2009 Joya: “Democracy will never come by war…” Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin’s claim that detainees transferred by Canadians to Afghan prisons were likely tortured is true…
Afghan MP to Canada: “Leave My Country as Soon as Possible”
Geordie Gwalgen Dent, Toronto Media Coop, November 23, 2009 Asks Canada to Stop Supporting Warlords, Mafia. Torontonians gave a standing ovation to Malalai Joya, a member of the Afghan National…
The woman who dared to raise her voice
Marlo Campbell, Uptown Magazine, November 21, 2009 Afghan MP Malalai Joya has risked her life to speak out against violence, poverty, corruption and foreign occupation Malalai Joya has been called…
Q&A: “Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot”
IPS-Inter Press Service, November 20, 2009 Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian VANCOUVER, Canada – In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United…
‘Liberation was just a big lie’
Olivia Ward, Toronto Star, Nov. 19, 2009 Outspoken Afghan MP says Canadian mission is a big waste of time Malalai Joya, who was in Toronto to promote her book, A…
Afghan women’s leader Joya brings anti-war message to Vancouver
David Beers, TheTyee.ca, November 13, 2009 Joya wrote her memoir with Vancouver writer and anti-war activist Derrick O’Keefe Malalai Joya, the youngest woman ever elected to Afghanistan’s parliament, is in…
Suspended Afghan MP Malalai Joya wants NATO’s mission to end
Travis Lupick, Vancouver Free Press, November 12, 2009 “Occupation will never bring liberation, and it is impossible to bring democracy by war.” Canada’s scheduled 2011 pullout from Afghanistan can’t come…
Afghan’s ‘Bravest Woman’ Calls on U.S. to Leave
Amy Littlefield, WeNews, November 12, 2009 Joya called the current regime under the recently re-elected President Karzai “mentally similar to the Taliban” Malalai Joya, called the “bravest woman in Afghanistan,”…
Ex-Afghan MP to speak in Victoria believes ‘occupation’ is no answer
Katie Derosa, The Victoria Times Colonist, November 12, 2009 Joya is a fierce critic of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government, which she said is fraught with crime and corruption. 2007:…
Afghan politician visits West to call for withdrawal of troops
Larry Johnson, Looking for Trouble, November 11, 2009 “My people are fed up. That is why we want an immediate end to the U.S. occupation.” Malalai Joya, an Afghan politician…