http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/when-a-girl-is-executed-for-being-raped/

Quote :

"When a Girl Is Executed … for Being Raped By NICHOLAS KRISTOF We’re all focused right now on Libya and budget battles at home, but this story from Bangladesh just broke my heart and outraged me — and offers a reminder of the daily human rights struggles of so many women and girls in villages around the world. A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl, Hena,allegedly was ambushed when she went to an outdoor toilet, gagged, beaten and raped by an older man in her village (who was actually her cousin). They were caught by wife of the alleged rapist, and the wife then beat Hena up. An imam at a local mosque issued a fatwa saying that Hena was guilty of adultery and must be punished, and a village makeshift court sentenced Hena to 100 lashes in a public whipping. Her last words were protestations of innocence. An excellent CNN blog post, based on interviews with family members, says that the parents “had no choice but to mind the imam’s order. They watched as the whip broke the skin of their youngest child and she fell unconscious to the ground.” Hena collapsed after 70 lashes and was taken to the hospital. She died a week later, by some accounts because of internal bleeding and a general loss of blood. The doctors recorded her death as a suicide. (Women and girls who are raped are typically expected to commit suicide, to spare everyone the embarrassment of an honor crime.) I’ve covered enough of these kinds of stories to know that it’s difficult to know exactly what happened unless you’re on the scene talking to everyone who was there; maybe the imam has a different version of events. But all accounts that I’ve seen such that this was a brutal attack on a helpless girl in the name of sharia and justice. Fortunately, Bangladesh has a robust civil society, which has reacted with outrage to the case. A court ordered the body exhumed after word leaked out, and an examination revealed severe injuries. Lawsuits are now underway against the doctors who had called her death a suicide, and several people have been rounded up — including the alleged rapist. The Bangladesh press is on the case. But Hena’s family is under police protection because of concern that other villagers will take revenge at them for getting the imam and others in trouble. Let’s hope that the public reaction and punishments are so strong that the word goes out to all of Bangladesh’s villages that such misogynist fatwas are not only immoral but also illegal. And that the crime lies not in being raped, but in raping."

There is seriously nothing that evokes more rage out of me than violent crimes against children. Or so I thought.

A society that believes the right response to this is beating the victim to death evokes more rage.

Her parents are cowards for standing by and allowing it to happen.



[Edited on March 31, 2011 at 10:33 AM. Reason : feeling like OEPI1 over here.]

3/31/2011 10:33:15 AM

3/31/2011 10:35:38 AM

yeah that is some FUCKED UP SHIT!!

unfortunately its pretty prevalent in barbaric societies

3/31/2011 10:38:35 AM

3/31/2011 10:44:00 AM

yeah I read about this yesterday on CNN. Gotta love that Sharia law.

There is some satisfaction though that the government is out to punish the tards that were behind all this.

3/31/2011 10:50:42 AM

Not a big deal. Rape has only been viewed as a heinous crime for the past half century or so. Its the last bastion of dominance for developing nations.

3/31/2011 10:50:48 AM

^ congrats, you're a typical american chucklefuck!



another fucked up story, but this lady who was a victim of gang-rape now spends her life trying to rescue children from sex slavery in India.

[Edited on March 31, 2011 at 10:52 AM. Reason : .]

3/31/2011 10:50:48 AM

The typical American would at least feign disgust.



But not me.

3/31/2011 10:55:43 AM

I always thought India was more on the liberal side and more forward thinking than the rest of the arab/hindu/muslim nations. How can this even remotely be viewed as an acceptable practice... even in the backwoods villages?

3/31/2011 10:56:16 AM

3/31/2011 10:58:42 AM

Understand that everything we know and believe in....we've been conditioned to know and believe in. If you grew up with an entirely different moral upbringing, rape wouldn't have nearly the same effect on you.


Reading about a story involving rape, that is. Not actually getting raped. That would still suck.

3/31/2011 10:58:42 AM

is stopping this barbarism my White Man's Burden?

everything is so fucked I don't know where to start, man

3/31/2011 11:26:05 AM

^ 4 last I checked Bangladesh is not India.

3/31/2011 11:32:15 AM

Quote :

"A former top South African rugby player has allegedly hacked three people to death in a revenge attack after his daughter was reportedly gang-raped and infected with HIV. The 34-year-old, who reportedly played for the Blue Bulls but has not been named, is due to appear in court today (AEDT) in Durban on three murder charges and one of attempted murder. The three people were reportedly butchered with an axe last week. One person was decapitated and the head found in a dustbin nearly two kilometres away. It is alleged the man stalked his victims for several days."

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/rugby-star-facing-axe-murder-charges-20110331-1cgwn.html

south africa knows what's up...

[Edited on March 31, 2011 at 11:51 AM. Reason : edit]

3/31/2011 11:50:51 AM

That's some Liam Neeson shit right there

3/31/2011 11:52:39 AM

Quote :

"We’re all focused right now on Libya and budget battles at home, but this story from Bangladesh "

Stopped right there.

3/31/2011 12:39:38 PM

^^^I would totally do that...I'm sorry, and maybe that makes me insane or a psychopath, but I really believe I would have no problem hunting down and killing people responsible for a gang-rape of a minor.

Throw me in fucking prison.

3/31/2011 12:54:12 PM

disgusting

3/31/2011 12:56:44 PM

^^ i'd do the same if it was my daughter or my wife. i'm sorry but a rapist is the filthiest scum on earth.

3/31/2011 1:00:11 PM

I'd like to shake that rugby player's hand and buy him a beer.

3/31/2011 1:01:03 PM

RIP Hena

I wish to avenge her death.

3/31/2011 1:24:48 PM

People thinking differently from you and your society.

3/31/2011 2:38:22 PM

This has happened many times before. Not news, more like olds.

3/31/2011 2:41:12 PM

Men Rule... Women Drool



and bleed to death...

3/31/2011 2:42:05 PM

Quote :

"who reportedly played for the Blue Bulls "

more like Blue Balls amirite

3/31/2011 2:42:09 PM

Tough but fair.

3/31/2011 2:47:31 PM

Quote :

"Fortunately"

bad choice of words

3/31/2011 2:59:55 PM

Islam must go....Hitler Jr get to work

3/31/2011 3:02:44 PM

Sounds like a hell of a deal.

3/31/2011 3:07:31 PM