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Four freed in Mai's rape case |
2005-03-16 |
Four men convicted in a notorious gang-rape case that has ignited legal controversy in Pakistan have been released from prison until they appear before the Supreme Court, a prison official said on Tuesday. The gang rape of Mukhtar Mai on the orders of a village council nearly three years ago provoked an outcry in Pakistan and drew international attention to the plight of women in the country after she went public about her ordeal. |
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