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Honor Rapes Approved by Village Council Might Not Be Legal After All
Six men have been remanded in custody by a court in Pakistanâs Punjab province following an alleged revenge double rape. A landowner is accused of attacking two women after the village council said he could avenge his honour. The other five are alleged to have abetted the landowner. .... Police say the village assembly, or panchayat, consisting of around 50 people mainly from the landlordâs clan, authorised the revenge. They say the women - one in her late teens, and her sister-in-law - were taken forcibly to an outhouse and raped while some of the landlordâs relatives guarded the premises. ....Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-08 |
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