The favourite is Sima Samar, an Afghan human-rights activist, with Piedad Córdoba, a Colombian senator who has pushed for peace in her country, not far behind.

最热门人选是阿富汗人权活动家西玛•萨马尔（Sima Samar），紧随其后的是推动本国和平事业的哥伦比亚参议员彼达•科尔多瓦（Piedad Córdoba）。

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Two women were named to posts -- Sima Samar, one of five deputy premiers as minister of women's affairs, and Suhaila Seddiqi as health minister.

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In June, Sima Samar, the former minister for women's affairs, was summoned before a court for blasphemy, after allegedly telling a Canadian magazine that she did not believe in sharia, the Islamic law.

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Nor are they likely to, though on May 25th, Mr Karzai's women's affairs minister, Sima Samar, who is responsible for drafting the guidelines for a human-rights commission, insisted there should be no amnesties for militia leaders accused of abuses, even if they support the government.

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