Disgusting. And they call this "dignity"?? -Ben
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ami Isseroff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MEWDIALOG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MewNews" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:31 PM > Subject: [ShomerNet] Pakistan Tribe Orders Teen Rape > > > > Pakistan Tribe Orders Teen Rape > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/02/world/main514039.shtml > > > > (AP) A Pakistani tribal council ordered an 18-year-old girl to be > gang-raped in order to punish her family after her > > brother was seen walking with a girl from a higher-class tribe, police > said Tuesday. > > > > The private Human Rights Commission of Pakistan demanded that all those > involved in the rape, which took place June 22 > > in the village of Meerwala in southern Punjab province, be punished. > > > > Police said the victim's father had filed criminal charges against the > four men involved in the case. Police said they > > picked up eight relatives of the suspects to pressure the perpetrators > into surrendering. > > > > "We will spare no efforts to do justice" for the victim, police official > Malik Saeed said. > > > > According to the victim, the Mastoi tribe demanded punishment after her > 11-year-old brother was seen walking > > unchaperoned with a Mastoi girl in a deserted part of the village. The boy > and his sister are from the lower class Gujar > > tribe. > > > > The Mastoi tribe called a meeting of the tribal council, which ordered the > girl to be raped to avenge their tribal > > honor. The teen-ager said she was taken to a hut and assaulted as hundreds > of Mastois stood outside laughing and > > cheering. > > > > Pakistan has a tradition of tribal justice in which crimes or affronts to > dignity are punished outside the framework of > > Pakistani law. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded an end > to punishments by tribal councils. > > > > Kamla Hayyat, of the commission, said the group will send a fact-finding > mission to the victim's village to determine > > what happened and provide help to her. > > > > "The increasing incidents of terrible atrocities against women are a > terrible reflection on the state of society and the > > status of women within it," commission chairman Afrasiab Khattak said in a > statement. > > > > Last month, an Islamic court overturned the conviction of a woman who was > to be stoned to death for adultery. Zufran > > Bibi, 28, said she was raped and appealed her early May conviction in the > conservative North West Frontier Province. > > > > Her case prompted demonstrations and protests by hundreds of civil and > women's-rights groups nationwide. > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------~-~> > > ShomerNet changes via email: > > Switch to digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Switch to normal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Stop receiving mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Permanently unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------_-> > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
