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March 25, 2011

U.S. Reverses Visa Denial to Afghan Activist 
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The U.S. Department of State has reversed a decision to deny a travel
visa to Afghan women's and democracy activist, Malalai Joya. In 2005,
Joya became the youngest person ever elected to the Afghan parliament.
She was suspended in 2007 for her denunciation of warlords and their
cronies in government. Joya had planned a three-week U.S. tour to
promote a new edition of her memoir when she was barred earlier this
month. The decision was reversed after the State Department came under
heavy protest. Joya is scheduled to speak with MIT Professor Noam
Chomsky tonight in Boston.



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