> The number of sexual assaults in Egypt, which has long been a recognised > problem in the country, reached unprecedented levels on the second > anniversary of the country's "Arab Spring" revolution.
Hehehe... pelecehan sex itu udah jadi kerjaan sehari2 orang Islam yg soleh dan bertaqwa di Mesir. On 2/13/13, Bukan Pedanda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sexual violence in Egypt takes on political dimension > > By Priscille LAFITTE the 13/02/2013 - 16:08 > > Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Cairo Tuesday demanding an > end to endemic sexual violence in the country, following comments by one > lawmaker that women victims of sexual assaults in Tahrir Square were "100% > responsible". > > Protesters took to the streets of Cairo and in capitals around the world on > Tuesday demanding an end to endemic sexual aggression in Egypt that is > taking on an increasingly political dimension. > > The rally was the latest in a series of actions to protest against a > `culture of impunity' and follows harrowing reports of multiple sexual > attacks, including one particularly savage rape, in and around Tahrir Square > on the January 25 second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. > > The demonstrators were spurred on by comments on Monday by Egyptian > lawmakers, which suggested that women were to blame for sexual attacks > against them simply for being on the streets at night. > > "Women know they are among thugs" when demonstrating in Tahrir Square, said > Adel Afify, a member of the ultra-conservative Asala Party. "By getting > herself involved in such circumstances, the woman bears 100 per cent > responsibility." > > The same day, Police Chief Abdel Fattah Othman told the Egyptian Senate that > the "sensitive" issue of deploying officers to demonstrations specifically > to protect women would put his own men at risk. > > Othman added that while rape was a criminal offence in Egypt, sexual assault > is not mentioned in the statute books. > > The issue has increasingly polarised opinion in Egypt. Last week, Islamist > preacher and TV station owner Abu Islam demonstrated one extreme by saying > that women attending demonstrations were "crusaders and widows" going to > Tahrir Square "because they wanted to be raped". > > Egypt's National Salvation Front, the main opposition group to the ruling > Muslim Brotherhood, meanwhile, made a statement supporting victims of sexual > aggression and criticising the Interior Ministry for being unwilling to > address the issue. > > Organised rape > > The number of sexual assaults in Egypt, which has long been a recognised > problem in the country, reached unprecedented levels on the second > anniversary of the country's "Arab Spring" revolution. > > On January 25, 19 attacks were recorded in Tahrir Square, the symbolic > epicentre of the revolution, and Amnesty International published a report on > February 6 saying that there had been a marked increase of cases of sexual > violence in recent months. > > "More and more people are speaking out about this issue," said FRANCE 24's > Cairo correspondent Sonia Dridi, herself a victim of a sexual assault while > reporting from Tahrir Square in October 2012. > > "Firstly it's because women are being encouraged to report attacks, which is > consequently making it less of a taboo subject. > > "But they're also reporting these incidents more because there has been an > increase in attacks. Under [former president Hosni] Mubarak, Egyptian women > were aware of the risk of rape, but not to the point that they were afraid > to walk the streets. > > "But in recent months, there is a definite feeling of menace, I can no > longer walk alone on Tahrir Square, and certainly not at night – something I > would not have thought twice about a year ago." > > The recent rise in the number of cases, she said, was leading to suspicions > that the attacks on women were being deliberately orchestrated. > > "When you see a group of young men moving in groups and pouncing on their > female victims, it looks very organised," she said. "But no one has yet > pointed the finger at who is responsible. Some people are blaming Mubarak's > camp for wanting to foment trouble and discredit Morsi; others are blaming > it on Islamists." > > Men supporting women > > Many young Egyptian men are joining their womenfolk in protests against the > sinister rise in sexual attacks. > > While a demonstration earlier in February featured mainly women clutching > carving knives, Tuesday's protest featured a more even mix of sexes, all of > them appalled at the growing and seemingly systematic sexual violence. > > Dridi said that after she was attacked in October, she received "hundreds of > messages of support, mostly from men". > > And while the police are declining to actively protect women at > demonstrations in Tahrir Square, groups have emerged – including > @TahrirBodyGuard and @OpAntiSH - using social networking sites such as > Twitter in order to respond to incidents as soon as they are alerted, as > well as giving women self-defence classes. > Source URL: > http://www.france24.com/en/20130213-sexual-violence-egypt-takes-political-dimension > > > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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