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| Activists Demand Justice for Young Boy Raped, Murdered in Kabul |
| 2015-07-14 |
| [Tolo News] A group of civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Monday demanded severe punishment for those alleged to have sexually abused and killed a three-year-old boy named Yunus in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... last week. The activists issued a resolution that urged the country's law enforcement and courts to take action and severely punish the perpetrators of the heinous act, who have yet to be identified. "Balkh civil society activists have raised their voice to ask Afghanistan's judicial system to act seriously regarding the sexual abuse of the underage boy," civil society activist Malika told TOLOnews. The head of the northern branch of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), Sayid Mohammad Sami, called the rape of Yunus an inhuman act. "Unfortunately, such occurrences are the result of the fact that rule of law is fading away in our society," Sami said. "Such a situation means that any brutal human and those who are against the law in every hook and nook of the country commit illegal acts and then there is no one to arrest them and send them behind bars," he added. The extent of concern about whether or not justice will be served in Yunus' case was made readily apparent by the Balkh activists on Monday. One, named Malalai Usmani, went so far as to suggest the local community take their own action and not risk leaving it in the hands of law enforcement and the judiciary. "We were against kangaroo courts in the past, but now I want to say that the local residents should arrest the perpetrators who raped the child and punish them before they reach the police and courts," Usmani told TOLOnews. |
| Posted by:Fred |