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Pregnant New Zealand journalist is forced to turn to the TALIBAN for help after she was left stranded in Afghanistan because of draconian Covid laws
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Posted on 01/29/2022 7:05:50 AM PST by algore

Charlotte Bellis, a broadcast journalist, said she has repeatedly tried to return to New Zealand since she learned she was pregnant in September.

She has submitted 59 documents to New Zealand officials in Afghanistan in an attempt to secure an emergency return home, but her bid was turned down and led her to turn to the Taliban, one of the world's most oppressive regimes, for sympathy.

It's a particularly cruel twist of fate for the woman who was revered worldwide for her fearless questioning of the jihadist group's previous record on women's rights.

To add insult to injury, Ms Bellis has warned that pregnancy can be a death sentence in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan because of the poor state of maternity care and lack of surgical capabilities.

Speaking to 1News about her situation, Ms Bellis asked: 'To the NZ Government, I ask what do you want me to do? I have done nothing wrong I got pregnant and I am a New Zealander.

'At what point did we get so bogged down in these rules we’ve come up with that we can’t see that she’s a Kiwi in need of help and she needs to come home?'

Writing in the New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Ms Bellis said it was 'brutally ironic' that while she had once questioned the Taliban about their treatment of women, she was now asking the same questions of her own government.

'When the Taliban offers you - a pregnant, unmarried woman - safe haven, you know your situation is messed up,' she wrote.

Jacinda Ardern has faced a slew of criticism from campaigners and members of the public after imposing strict Covid curbs since the start of the pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; charlottebellis; covidcommie; jihadijacinda; newzealand; taliban; thetaliban; wuflutyranny
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To: algore

A shameful state of affairs.


21 posted on 01/29/2022 8:24:01 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: algore

If I’m not mistaken, New Zealand is just as bad as Australia in their Nazi like Covid lockdown restrictions.

Which leads to a very sad thought. When the Taliban is a better alternative than New Zealand, then this world has truly gone mad.


22 posted on 01/29/2022 8:28:21 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

well, there is a strong indication here of how she manages to get these prime interviews with the top dogs.


23 posted on 01/29/2022 8:31:26 AM PST by elpadre (And here in NC)
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To: algore

I thought Jacinda Ardern is a feminist?


24 posted on 01/29/2022 8:34:31 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: algore

Even if Johnny Taliban turns out to be the baby father, she should be permitted to get in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds as long as her background is vouched for.


25 posted on 01/29/2022 8:36:10 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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26 posted on 01/29/2022 9:25:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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27 posted on 01/29/2022 9:36:24 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: lewislynn

She was probably mistaken for a goat one night.


28 posted on 01/29/2022 10:06:12 AM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: kiryandil

Exhibit A:

https://www.tvguidetime.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Charlotte-Bellis.png

(Picture will not load on FR, so you have to click.)


29 posted on 01/29/2022 10:20:28 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

So she’s a Taliban propagandist.

Worked for Stephanopulous prior.

Still propagandizing for Taliban it seems.


30 posted on 01/29/2022 10:26:13 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: algore

“In her column on Saturday, she said she returned to Qatar in September and discovered she was expecting a baby with her partner, freelance photographer Jim Huylebroek, a contributor to the New York Times.

She described the pregnancy as a ‘miracle’ after earlier being told by doctors she could not have children. She is due to give birth to a girl in May.”

Time for the baby daddy to step up to the plate.


31 posted on 01/29/2022 2:25:01 PM PST by KittyKares (Trump put us in the room; now we're putting ourselves in the room. - Steve Bannon)
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