Afghan women self immolate to escape abuse

[Rubystars]

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/29/2112069.aspx

This has to be one of the more horrible things I've seen. They say this goes on because they are forced into marriages at 11 to men 20 years their senior and then the family abuses/beats them every time they make a mistake (or for no reason at all). They feel that burning themselves alive is the only way out.