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.
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A shameful state of affairs.
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.
well, there is a strong indication here of how she manages to get these prime interviews with the top dogs.
I thought Jacinda Ardern is a feminist?
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.
She was probably mistaken for a goat one night.
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.)
So she’s a Taliban propagandist.
Worked for Stephanopulous prior.
Still propagandizing for Taliban it seems.
“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.
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